SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1981
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SCHOOL CHILDREN PLANT TREES IN TSUEN WAN
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ABOUT 150 TSUEN WAN SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PLANTED TREES ALONG CHEUNG PAI SHAN ROAD TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE EVENT, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS TO AROUSE PUBLIC
INTEREST IN PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES.
IT WAS ONE OF TWO TREE-PLANTING EXERCISES TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF TSUEN WAN. THE OTHER WAS CARRIED OUT AT +LOVER'S ISLAND+ ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD YESTERDAY.
ABOUT 100 MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON. A LARGE AND HARDY EVERGREEN TREE. WERE PLANTED ALONG THE CENTRAL DIVIDER OF CHEUNG PAI SHAN ROAD, OUTSIDE SHEK WAI KOK AND CHEUNG SHAN ESTATES.
THE ROAD WAS BUILT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT WAS FELT THAT TREES COULD PROVIDE SHADE AND BEAUTY.
THE STUDENTS WERE FROM LUI MING CHOI LUTHERAN COLLEGE HO CHUEN YIU MEMORIAL COLLEGE AND TSUEN WAN LUTHERAN SCHOOL.
ALSO TAKING PART IN TODAY'S TREE PLANTING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE, MR HO TSE-PING, BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS.
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