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MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1984

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GANGS OUT QUICKLY TO CLEAR FALLEN TREES

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FIFTY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TREE GANGS AND LANDSCAPE SECTION WERE DEPLOYED ON EMERGENCY DUTIES WHEN THE NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED.

THERE WERE FOUR REPORTS OF FALLEN TREES CAUSING ROAD OBSTRUCTION ON HONG KONG ISLAND.

A LARGE TREE CAME DOWN IN PEAK ROAD, BLOCKING ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN BORRETT ROAD, BRANCHES FROM A LARGE TREE FELL ON THE ROAD BUT WERE REMOVED BY POLICEMEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PENDING CLEARANCE BY THE TREE GANGS.

BOTH STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD AND STANLEY GAP ROAD WERE REPORTED TO BE BLOCKED BY FALLEN TREES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE USD SAID EVERYTHING WAS BEING DONE TO CLEAR THE ROADS AND CLEAR UP OTHER DEBRIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE STAFF OFFICER (GARDENS), MR ROGER POLLARD, SAID THAT APART FROM ONE OR TWO SMALL TREES WHICH CAME DOWN DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM, THERE WAS NO SERIOUS DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.

OLYMPIC DRAWING CONTEST FOR CHILDREN

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CHILDREN UNDER 14 ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DRAWING COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND.

THE DRAWING COMPETITION IS TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO GIVE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION TO WHAT THE OLYMPIC GAMES MEAN TO THEM.

+THE THEME OF THE ENTRIES SHOULD BE THE OLYMPIC GAMES', WHICH MAY BE DEVELOPED IN ITS INITIAL SENSE, OR FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS FREELY CHOSEN, SUCH AS SPORT MEANS FREEDOM', 'SPORT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER', 'I MET A CHAMPION', OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT ASPECT,+ SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

ENTRIES SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH SCHOOLS TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR LOCAL SELECTION BY JULY 14, AND EACH SCHOOL SHOULD NOT SUBMIT MORE THAN FIVE ENTRIES.

ENTRIES CHOSEN IN THE FINAL SELECTION BY THE ORGANISER WILL LATER BE PUT ON DISPLAY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE COMPETITION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE ART SECTION, ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ON 5-621967 OR 5-621006.

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