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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1982

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TREE-PLANTING DAY AT TUEN MUN

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ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD TODAY (THURSDAY) PLANTED SOME 30 EVERGREEN TREES AT THE PAVEMENT ALONGSIDE THE TUEN MUN TẦNG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND AS PART OF THE +ME | FA+ PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN.

THE DISTRICT-WIDE TREE-PLANTING DAY, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WAS AIMED AT ENLISTING PUBLIC SUPPORT IN MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT GREENER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE PLANTING OF THE +ALEURITES MOLUCCANA+, WERE 40 STUDENTS FROM TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS.

OFFICIATING AT THE TREE-PLANTING CEREMONY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, SPOKE OF THE URGENT NEED TO PLANT MORE TREES TO BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT.

MR LEUNG SAID HIS DEPARTMENT HAD DEVOTED MUCH EFFORT TO PLANTING TREES AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS DURING THE RECENT YEARS WITH THE AIM TO TURN TUEN MUN INTO A PLEASANT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK AND TO LIVE IN.

+HOWEVER, A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WERE WASTED IN THE PAST BECAUSE SOME OF THE TREES PLANTED WERE VANDALISED, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG SAID VANDALISM HAD DELAYED TREE PLANTING IN OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE EACH YEAR.

HE URGED THOSE PRESENT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO TAKE CARE OF THE TREES, AND TO SPREAD THE WORD AGAINST VANDALISM.

MR LEUNG ALSO SAID THE NTSD WOULD BE PLANTING ABOUT EDO TREES AND SHRUBS AND 2 000 CREEPING PLANTS LATER THIS YEAR AT VARIOUS GARDENS, PLAYGROUNDS, AMENITY PLOTS AND ROADS IDES THROUGHOUT THE NEW TOWN.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK. MR LAU WONG-FAT. THE CHAIRMAN OF TUEN MUN CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR NG CHEUK-TAI, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TUEN MUN, MR YUE KAI-CHIU, MR LEUNG LATER ALSO PLANTED A YOUNG TREE.

SWD FIELD UNIT MOVES OFFICE

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S LAI CHI KOK SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT HAS MOVED TO LAI HO HOUSE, 1ST LEVEL, LAI KOK

ESTATE, CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, SHAM SHUI PO, AS FROM TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE OFFICE HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED,

AND ENQUIRIES CAN MADE BY CALLING 3-708613.

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