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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1985

+THREE BLOCKS AND A SHOPPING CENTRE WERE ALREADY COMPLETED UNDER THE FIRST PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT FOR THE ESTATE LAST DECEMBER ON THE SITE OF FOUR OLD BLOCKS.

+THESE NEW BLOCKS WITH 2 254 FLATS ARE AT PRESENT TAKING IN TENANTS FROM THE ESTATE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SECOND PHASE OF REDEVELOPMENT. +

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD EMBARKED ON AN ACCELERATED PROGRAMME UNDER WHICH ALL MARK 1/11 ESTATES WOULD BE REDEVELOPED BY THE EARLY 1990'S.

+AS A RESULT, THE REMAINING 10 OLD BLOCKS AT LEI CHENG UK ESTATE ARE PLANNED TO BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN A SHORTER TIME SPAN OF FOUR YEARS.

+WHEN THE ESTATE IS FULLY REDEVELOPED. ITS POPULATION WILL BE THINNED OUT FROM 32 000 PEOPLE TO 23 000 PEOPLE.+

7 000 TREES PLANTED UNDER NEW SCHEME

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NEARLY 7 000 TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED UNDER THE 1985 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, TO MAKE HONG KONG A NICER AND GREENER PLACE.

YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) ALONE, WHICH WAS THE LAST OF SIX TREE- PLANTING DAYS SET FOR THE SCHEME, OVER 2 000 TREES WERE PLANTED BY ORGANISED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS AT PAK TAM CHUNG, THE BRIDE'S POOL QUARRY BAY, POK FU LAM, NAM SHAN AND THE TWISK, THE SIX COUNTRY PARKS DESIGNATED FOR THE ACTIVITY.

MR K.C. IU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS) SAID THE RESULTS WERE MOST ENCOURAGING CONSIDERING THE UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS+.

HE SAID: +DESPITE THE DULL AND WET WEATHER WHICH COVERED ALMOST THE ENTIRE TREE PLANTING PERIOD, PARTICIPANTS HAD INCREASED BY ABOUT 1 000 TO NEARLY 6 500 COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR'S FIGURES.

+THE NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDER THE SCHEME TOTALLED 6 896.+

AMONG THOSE TAKING PART THIS YEAR WERE STUDENTS, SCOUTS, COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB AND JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS AS WELL AS SOME 750 PARTICIPANTS OF THE CLEAN AND GREEN SCHEME+.

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