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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1980

MR AKERS-JONES APPEALED TO ALL PEOPLE OF TAI PO TO GIVE THE IR FULL SUPPORT TO THESE OBJECTIVES.

THE NEW COURSE IS FROM SHA LAN BEACH TO THE TAI MEI TUK SEA ACTIVITIES CENTRE, A DISTANCE OF 2 400 METRES. IT HAS REPLACED THE TRADITIONAL 2 000-METRE COURSE BETWEEN NAM HANG AND YUEN CHAU TSAI, WHICH HAS BEEN SHORTENED AS A RESULT OF RECLAMATION WORK FOR NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

THE EVENT, ORGANISED BY TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, ATTRACTED 339 ENTRANTS IN THE MEN'S SECTION AND 69 IN THE WOMEN'S SECTION, ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER AS LAST YEAR. THE OLDEST PARTICIPANT WAS 48 AND THE YOUNGEST 12.

THE RACE STARTED AT 10.30 AM AT SHA LAN BEACH, WHERE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG, FIRED THE STARTING GUN.

WINNER OF THE MEN'S SECTION WAS MR CHEUNG WAN-CHI WHO FINISHED IN A TIME OF 36 MINUTES 39 SECONDS. THE WOMEN'S SECTION WINNER WAS MISS MAK SIU-PING, WHOSE TIME WAS 42 MINUTES 38 SECONDS. THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR MISS MAK, AGED 16, WON THE RACE.

EVERGREEN TREES PLANTED ALONG TAI PO ROAD ****

IN THE RECENT PLANTING SEASON A RECORD NUMBER OF 8 700 EVERGREEN TREES AND TREE SEEDLINGS HAVE BEEN PLANTED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF A TWO-KILOMETRE STRETCH OF TAI PO ROAD NEAR TAI PO KAU GARDEN TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY EYE-PLEASING TREES AND TREE SEEDLINGS OF VARIOUS SPECIES WERE PLANTED ON THE SECTION OF THE ROAD BETWEEN THE APPROACH ROADS OF TAI PO KAU RAILWAY STATION AND THE LOOK OUT”.

AS A RESULT OF A WELL-PLANNED LANDSCAPE DESIGN, THE HIGHWAY WILL BE TURNED INTO A SCENIC ROAD AS THE TREES FLOWER IN SEASON A FEW YEARS LATER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AMONG THE NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND TREE SEEDLINGS WERE THE BEAUTIFUL ORNAMENTAL HONG KONG ORCHID TREE AND THE CAMEL'S FOOT TREE AS WELL AS THE POPULAR FLOWERING FLAME-OF-THE-FOREST.

THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF HANDSOME DECIDUOUS JACARANDA TREE, THE GRACEFUL EVERGREEN ACACIA TREE, SUNSHINE TREE AND CANDLENUT TREE.

TO BRIGHTEN THE HIGHWAY, A TOTAL OF 3 300 SQUARE METRES OF ROUGH PAVEMENT WERE ALSO TURFED.

THE SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO CHILDREN, VILLAGERS AND HOLIDAY MAKERS VISITING TAI PO ROAD IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NOT TO DAMAGE THE TREES AND THE TREE SEEDLINGS AS THEY ARE THERE TO CREATE A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

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