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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1981

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MORE TREES PLANTED IN TUEN MUN

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A TOTAL OF 130 EVERGREEN TREES WERE PLANTED IN THE TUEN MUN PUI TO ROAD (SOUTH) REST GARDEN TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE TREES, WHICH INCLUDE BAUHINIA BLAKEANA, BAUHINTA VAR IEGATA, JASMINUM PRIMULINUM AND ALLAMANDA CATHARTICA, TOGETHER WITH 2 000 RED AND YELLOW BORDER WEEDS, WERE PLANTED BY 90 STUDENTS FROM THE CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE ISLAMIC PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE HOH FUK TONG COLLEGE.

THE TUEN MUN TREE PLANTING DAY, ORGANISED BY NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WAS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC INTEREST IN TREES.

OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED TO PLANT MORE TREES TO KEEP UP WITH THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AND TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT HAD, THEREFORE, DEVOTED MUCH EFFORT TO PLANTING TREES AT SUITABLE SITES IN RECENT YEARS WITH THE AIM TO TURN TUEN MUN INTO A PLEASANT PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE.

BUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WAS WASTED, BECAUSE THE TREES PLANTED WERE ALWAYS VANDALISED, HE SAID.

TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT, MR LEUNG, WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR BILLY LAM, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KÜK, MR LAU WONG-FAT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MR NG CHEUK-TA! AND THE TUEN MUN URBAN SERVICES OFFICER, MR YUE KAI-CHIU, PLANTED SEVERAL YOUNG TREES IN THE GARDEN.

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