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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1984

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STUDENTS HELP PLANT TREES IN SHA TIN

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FORTY YOUNG EVERGREEN TREES WERE PLANTED TODAY BY 150 CIVIC- MINDED STUDENTS AT THE SHA TIN CYCLE PARK AT TIN SUM TSUEN, TO MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY.

THE DISTRICT-WIDE TREE PLANTING DAY WAS ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLEAN HONG KONG EFFORT.

OFFICIATING AT THE TREE PLANTING CEREMONY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR DAVID WEEKS, SAID THAT SHA TIN WAS A MAGNIFICENT NEW CITY WHICH WAS RIGHTLY HELD UP AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BEST IN NEW TOWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

MR WEEKS SAID IT WAS VITAL THAT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SHOULD NOT BE ECLIPSED BY THE CONCRETE AND STEEL WHICH FORMED THE FABRIC OF THE BUILDINGS IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVED AND WORKED.

+ IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE NTSD PLANTED SOME 1 300 NEW TREES AND 65 000 SHRUBS IN SHA TIN DISTRICT LAST YEAR IN ADDITION TO THE GREAT NUMBERS INCORPORATED BY THE BUILDERS OF THE NEW TOWN IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS,+ MR WEEKS SAID.

+BUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROTECTION OF A FLOURISHING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT MUST BE A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITY WHICH IT IS OUR DUTY TO SERVE,+ HE ADDED.

+THE PRESENCE AND PARTICIPATION HERE TODAY OF SO MANY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY AT ALL LEVELS EXEMPLIFIES THE JOINT COMMITMENT THAT DOES EXIST, AND THAT WE ARE SURE WILL GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, + MR WEEKS SAID.

MR WEEKS THEN PLANTED A YOUNG TREE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT. HE WAS JOINED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF SHA TIN, MR DONALD TSANG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMITTEE OF SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, MR WAI HON-LEUNG.

ORAL ENGLISH COURSE FOR JOURNALISTS

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WORKING JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR A COURSE IN ENGLISH ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE OFFERED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC FROM JUNE 1 TO 27.

THE COURSE IS AMONG OTHER TRAINING COURSES PLANNED BY THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) TO UPGRADE THE STANDARD OF JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG.

/IT AIMS