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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1982

TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN TREE PLANTING DAYS

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MORE THAN 250 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS IN TAI PO AND TSUEN WAN WILL HELP LAUNCH TREE PLANTING PROGRAMMES IN THE NEW TOWNS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (MAY 21 AND 22).

ON FRIDAY, 100 STUDENTS AND RURAL REPRESENTATIVES WILL PLANT EVERGREEN TREES AT AN OPEN SPACE OPPOSITE THE TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING AT TING KOK ROAD.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NORTH REGION) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR BOWEN LEUNG, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY, MARKING THE TAI PO DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY.

ALSO TAKING PART IN THE EVENT WILL BE THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR LO KAR-CHUN, THE CHAIRMAN OF TAI PO RURAL COMMITTEE MR CHEUNG WAI-LUM, THE CHAIRMAN OF SAI KUNG NORTH RURAL COMMITTEE, MR LAM PAK-PING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND WORKS SUB-COMMITTEE OF TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD, MR CHEUNG HON-KAU, AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TAI PO, MR LAU PEI-PING.

ON SATURDAY, SOME 150 STUDENTS FROM 15 LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL LAUNCH TSUEN WAN TREE PLANTING DAY AT LIDO BEACH, PLANTING 200 EVERGREEN TREES AT THE HINTERLAND OF THE BEACH TO BRING MORE SHELTER FOR BATHERS.

THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR DAVID DOWDING, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD, MR HO TZE-PING, THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TSUEN WAN, MR CHAN YIU-CHEUNG, AND MEMBERS OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD WILL OFFICIATE AT THE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TREE PLANTING DAYS. THE TAI PO EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT AN OPEN SPACE OPPOSITE THE TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING AT 10 AM ON FRIDAY (MAY 21) AND THE TSUEN WAN FUNCTION WILL BE HELD AT LIDO BEACH, 11.5 MILESTONE, CASTLE PEAK ROAD, AT 10 AM ON SATURDAY (MAY 22).

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