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SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1982

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YUEN LONG RESIDENTS URGED TO BEAUTIFY THEIR OPEN SPACES

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YUEN LONG RESIDENTS WERE URGED TODAY (SATURDAY) TO PLANT MORE TREES IN THEIR SMALL GARDENS OR OPEN SPACES ADJACENT TO THE IR HOMES TO ENHANCE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, MR TAI KUEN, AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE DISTRICT-WIDE TREE PLANTING DAY AT SHEUNG TSUEN PARK.

LATER, 20 YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND 50 SCHOOL CHILDREN PLANTED TREES IN THE PARK AS PART OF THE 'MEI FA' BEAUTIFICATION-SCHEME.

MR TAI NOTED THAT THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD BE PLANTING 3 500 TREES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE NEW TOWN DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT HIS FELLOW VILLAGERS WOULD HELP IN THE PROJECT.

THE TREE PLANTING EVENT, ORGANISED BY THE NTSD, IS AIMED AT PROMOTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND BRINGING MORE GREENERY TO THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

ALSO TAKING PART AT THE CEREMONY WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, WHO SAID TREE PLANTING WAS A TIME-CONSUMING PROJECT WHICH REQUIRED THE SUPPORT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR YEUNG YIU-SING, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR PONG KIN-HONG, JOINED MR LEUNG AND MR TAI IN PLANTING SEVERAL YOUNG TREES TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.

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