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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983

PUBLIC URGED TO PROTECT PLANTS

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE URGED TO PROTECT PLANT LIFE AS PART OF A BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME TO GIVE HONG KONG MORE GREENERY.

SINCE THE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED 13 MONTHS AGO BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, MORE THAN THREE MILLION PLANTS, INCLUDING TREES AND SHRUBS, HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF HONG KONG.

THOUGH THESE PLANTS HAD BEEN GROWING WELL, THOUSANDS OF THEM HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY VANDALISM, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THOSE WHO ARE CAUGHT DAMAGING PLANT LIFE ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION UNDER THE SUMMARIES OFFENCE ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.

TO KEEP UP THE BEAUTIFICATION SCHEME, THE NTSD WILL BE LAUNCHING MORE TREE-PLANTING PROGRAMMES OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, INVOLVING SCHOOL CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.

MEANWHILE, MORE RAILINGS AND BARRIERS WILL BE ERECTED AT VARIOUS OPEN SPACES AND ON THE ROADSIDE TO PROTECT YOUNG TREES.

PAINTING ON HOARDINGS

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MORE THAN 60 STUDENTS FROM THREE SCHOOLS IN YUEN LONG WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR TALENT AND SKILL IN PAINTING IN A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY, MAY 1.

THE IR TALENTS WILL BE USED TO BRIGHTEN UP A SERIES OF HOARDINGS AT THE JUNCTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD AND HONG LOK ROAD.

THE THEME OF THEIR PAINTINGS WILL BE THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL WHICH FALLS ON MAY 5 THIS YEAR.

THE PROJECT, ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, IS BEING SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR DAVID SKINNER; THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR TANG CHI-LEUNG; AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR TERRY TANG, WILL PRESENT SOUVENIRS TO THE PARTICIPANTS BEFORE THE PAINTING SESSION.