SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1983
LANDSCAPING PROJECTS FOR TSUEN WAN
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LANDSCAPING PROJECTS, RANGING FROM LARGE-SCALE SLOPE AFFORESTATION TO DETAILED PLANTING OF RECREATION AND PLAY AREAS, HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.
TENDERS WILL SOON BE INVITED FOR THE PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE THE PLANTING OF SMALL SEEDLINGS ON LARGE ENGINEERING-RELATED SLOPES WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PROVIDE TRACTS OF WOODLANDS WITHIN URBAN AND
INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
+OTHER WORKS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNED ARE ROADSIDE PLANTING OF LARGE TREES TO PROVIDE ATTRACTIVE ROADSIDE VERGES ON MAJOR APPROACHES INTO TSUEN WAN, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
+SEVERAL PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION AREAS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED AND DETAILED PLANTING WORKS WILL HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE SUCCESSFUL CONTRACTOR, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, A WIDE RANGE OF MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN TO BEAUTIFY TSUEN WAN.
THE CONTRACT ALSO CALLS FOR THE EXTENSIVE PLANTING OF SEEDLINGS AND SHRUBS AND A NUMBER OF LARGE TREES IN SELECTED AREAS.
+TREE PLANTING OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES TO A DENSELY POPULATED TOWN LIKE TSUEN WAN. IN ADDITION TO THE COMMONLY RECOGNISED ADVANTAGES SUCH AS SHADE, EROSION CONTROL, ATTRACTIVE AREAS FOR WALKS AND A MEANS TO ESCAPE THE PRESSURES OF CITY LIFE, TREES ARE
IMPORTANT IN HELPING TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTANTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT ONE YEAR.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES NEW YEAR DONATIONS
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THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPORTS ASSOCIATION HAS DONATED TWO SPECIALLY DESIGNED HOSPITAL BEDS TO THE MARGARET TRENCH MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE IN KWUN TONG.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE DONATIONS WERE NEW YEAR GIFTS AND ALSO REPRESENTED THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REHABILITATION OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
THE GIFTS, A TURNING NET SUSPENSION BED AND A TURNING AND TILTING BED, TOGETHER COST JUST OVER $40 000.
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