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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1984

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MORE PARKS AND GARDENS FOR NT RESIDENTS

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RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE MAY NOW ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF MORE THAN 140 PARKS AND GARDENS AND HUNDREDS OF LANDSCAPED ROADSIDE AMENITY PLOTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE ATTRACTIVE SETTINGS OF COLOURFUL PLANTS AND WELL-LAID LAWNS CAN BE FOUND IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE NEW TOWNS AND COUNTRYSIDE AND ARE THE WORK OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

PLANTING AND LANDSCAPING ARE ON-GOING ACTIVITIES TO CREATE A MORE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE; A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID.

MORE THAN 470 000 PLANTS, MANY OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY OR FRAGRANCE, WERE PLANTED IN 1983 AND NOW ADD COLOUR TO THE NEW TERRITORIES.

IN RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE NTSD GARDENING STAFF. AND TO HELP RAISE THEIR STANDARD OF WORK A GARDEN COMPETITION WAS HELD RECENTLY AMONG THEM. AWARDS FOR THE CONTEST WERE PRESENTED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, AT A BRIEF CEREMONY AT THE NTSD HEADQUARTERS.

THE WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

BEST KEPT PARK OF THE NTSD:

1. SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND IN TSUEN WAN;

2. TAI PO KAU PARK AND

3. YUEN WO PLAYGROUND IN SHA TIN.

BEST KEPT LARGE ROADSIDE AMENITY PLOT:

1. AMENITY PLOT IN FRONT OF THE SHA TIN JOCKEY CLUB PUBLIC

SQUASH COURT;

2. TAI HO ROAD ROUNDABOUT IN TSUEN WAN; AND

3. TAI PO MEI ROADSIDE AMENITY PLOT.

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