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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1982

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YUEN LONG TREE PLANTING DAY

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A DISTRICT-WIDE TREE PLANTING DAY WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (MAY 15) AT THE SHEUNG TSUEN PARK IN KAM TIN, YUEN LONG.

TWENTY MEMBERS OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD AND 50 STUDENTS FROM THE WING HING PUBLIC SCHOOL WILL PLANT A NUMBER OF BAUHINIA BLAKEANA AND ALEURITES MOLUCCANA AND THE DECIDUOUS BOMBAX MALABARICUM.

THE EVENT IS PART OF A COMMUNITY EFFORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE 'MEI FA' PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT AND PLANT A YOUNG TREE.

ALSO TAKING PART WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, MR TAI KUEN- THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR YEUNG YIU-SING, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR PONG KIN-HONG.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY TO BE HELD AT THE SHEUNG TSUEN PARK, KAM TIN, ON SATURDAY (MAY 15) AT 10 AM.

NEW MAXICAB ROUTE BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND TAI KOK TSUI

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A NEW MAXICAB ROUTE-NO.3 - LINKING TSIM SHA TSUI WITH TAI TUNG SUN CHUEN WILL START OPERATION ON SATURDAY (MAY 15).

TRAVELLING NORTHWARDS, THE MAXICAB WILL RUN VIA HANKOW ROAD, PEKING ROAD, KOWLOON PARK DRIVE, CANTON ROAD, JORDAN ROAD, PUBLIC SQUARE STREET, RECLAMATION STREET, MONG KOK ROAD, ANCHOR STREET, ASH STREET, FUK TSUN STREET, IVY STREET, TAI CHING STREET AND TAI TSUN STREET.

RETURN TRIPS WILL BE VIA TAI TSUN STREET, TAI KOK TSUI ROAD, FUK TSUN STREET, MONG KOK ROAD, SHANGHAI STREET, JORDAN ROAD, CANTON ROAD, SALISBURY ROAD AND HANKOW ROAD.

IT WILL OPERATE FROM 7.02 AM TO 10.22 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 8.32 AM TO 10.15 PM ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. THE FARE FOR EACH TRIP WILL BE $1.