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SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1980

TREE PLANTING DAY AT TUEN MUN

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TUEN MUN SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WILL JOIN HANDS NEXT MONTH TO PLANT TREES IN THE NEW TOWN.

A TREE PLANTING DAY, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, WILL BE HELD ON MAY 16, IN WHICH MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN FROM THREE LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL TAKE PART.

MOST OF THE TREES WILL BE PLANTED AROUND THE SHEK PAI TAU PLAYGROUND, WHILE OTHERS WILL BE PLANTED ON THE VERGES OF NEARBY STREETS.

THEY ARE COTTON TREES (BOMBAX MALABARICUM) PROVIDED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT A COST OF ABOUT $5 000. THESE TREES GROW WIDELY THROUGHOUT INDIA, SOUTH CHINA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA.

THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE TREE PLANTING.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE TUEN MUN SAID THE TREE PLANTING IDEA WAS TO INCREASE YOUNG PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEAUTIFYING THE AREA.

TREE PLANTING WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE DURING MAY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING SHA TIN, YUEN LONG, SAJ KUNG, TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN.

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