MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1984
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TSUEN WAN TO HOLD TREE PLANTING DAY
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A TREE PLANTING DAY WILL BE HELD AT TSUEN WAN ON THURSDAY (JUNE 7) TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE NEW TOWN.
THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY, ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CURRENT MEI FA (BEAUTIFICATION) PHASE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG EXERCISE.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, A TREE PLANTING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE JUNCTION OF CHEUNG PEI SHAN ROAD AND ROUTE TWISK.
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND 60 STUDENTS WILL PLANT 100 SPECIES OF YOUNG TREES AT THE ROUNDABOUT.
THE TREES WILL BECOME A GREEN BELT IN THE NEW TOWN.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR CHOW SUM; THE PROJECT MANAGER OF TSUEN WAN, MR NG TECK-SHENG; AND THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF TSUEN WAN, MR CHAN YIU-CHEUNG, WILL JOINTLY OFFICIATE AT THE CEREMONY.
SWIMMING COURSES FOR PRIMARY PUPILS ***
MORE THAN 7 900 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN THE +LEARN-TO-SWIM+ SCHEME IN THE COMING SUMMER HOLIDAYS,
UNDER THIS SCHEME, THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ORGANISE 264 SWIMMING COURSES FOR CHILDREN OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE.
THE FREE COURSES, EACH COMPRISING 12 LESSONS, WILL BE HELD BETWEEN JULY 16 AND AUGUST 25 IN THE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS AT ABERDEEN, CHAI WAN, MORRISON HILL, VICTORIA PARK, KWUN TONG, LAI CHI KOK, LI CHENG UK, MORSE PARK, TAI WAN SHAN, FANLING, KWAI SHING, SHA TIN AND YUEN LONG.
SCHOOLS WISHING TO TAKE PART IN THE SCHEME ARE INVITED TO APPLY TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR, PHYSICAL EDUCATION SECTION, AT KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 405 NATHAN ROAD, 7TH FLOOR, KOWLOON, BY JUNE 13.
AS A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DRAW LOTS TO SELECT APPLICATIONS.
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS WILL BE GIVEN A CLASS OF 30 PLACES EACH. PUPILS NOMINATED TO TAKE PART IN THE COURSES MUST AGREE TO ATTEND ALL TWELVE LESSONS, EACH OF ONE HOUR'S DURATION.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ASSESS THE PARTICIPANTS' SWIMMING ABILITY FOR DISTANCE CERTIFICATES AND SWIMMING AWARDS.
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