WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1979
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IN ADDITION, 12,348 TREES WERE PLANTED IN NEW PARKS, ON ROADSIDES AND OTHER NEW LOCATIONS DURING THE YEAR, THUS PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 13,268 TREES PLANTED IN THE 12 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 31, 1979, HE ADDED.
HE SAID THE SURVIVAL RATE OF ALL NEW TREE PLANTINGS IN URBAN AREAS WAS ABOUT 90 PER CENT.
+ALL TREES FOR NEW PLANTINGS MUST MEET STRINGENT SPECIFICATIONS. THEY MUST BE AT LEAST EIGHT FEET TALL AND THE ROOT SYSTEM MUST BE PROTECTED SO THAT IT IS NOT DISTURBED DURING PLANTING, MR. BARNES ADDED.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1979
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A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO ENABLE THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE NEW ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENT THEM WHERE THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY)
IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1979, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI, SAID THAT DURING RECENT YEARS MANY PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN HONG KONG HAVE INTRODUCED A WIDE RANGE OF OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS STORY HOURS FOR CHILDREN, TALKS, LECTURES AND VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS.
IN ADDITION, HE CONTINUED, A SCHEME IS BEING FORMULATED TO INTRODUCE AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS LIKE SLIDES AND FILMSTRIPS.
*ALL THESE ACTIVITIES ARE NOT COVERED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, IT IS NECESSARY TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO ENABLE THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE NEW ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENT THEM WHERE THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED, MR. LI EXPLAINED.
+CARE HAS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT NEW ACTIVITIES ARE NOT INTRODUCED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SUPPLY OF BOOKS OR THE PROVISION OF SPACE FOR READING.
→IN FACT MOST OF THE NEW ACTIVITIES ARE BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND SERVE AS AN ADDED ATTRACTION IN PARTICULAR TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO UTILISE THE LIBRARIES' BASIC FACILITIES BETTER AND MORE EXTENSIVELY,+ HE ADDED.
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