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URSDAY, JULY 11, 1985

TREE PLANTING DAY FOR ISLANDS DISTRICT

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COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ENVIRONMENT-CONSCIOUS STUDENTS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TODAY (THURSDAY) LAUNCHED THEIR DISTRICT-WIDE TREE PLANTING DAY BY PLANTING 50 YOUNG EVERGREEN TREES AT AN MINI-SOCCER PITCH ON PENG CHAU,

THE SAPLINGS, INCLUDING CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA, MACARANGA TANARIUS, MELALEUCA LEUCADENDRON AND HIBISCUS TILIACÉUS, WILL PROVIDE MORE SHADE FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHEN THEY BECOME FULLY GROWN YEARS LATER.

ORGANISED BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT TREE PLANTING DAY IS AIMED AT ENLISTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN TREE PLANTING.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, MR YOUNG WING-YAU, LATER PLANTED A SAPLING TO HIGHLIGHT THE EVENT.

THEY WERE ASSISTED BY THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, LEISURE MANAGER AND HYGIENE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT, MR RAYMOND WONG, MR TAM PAK-HANG AND MR IP KI-TIT.

ISLANDS YOUTH PROGRAMME IN FULL SWING ****

HUNDREDS OF YOUTHS IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT ARE EXPECTED TO BENEFIT FROM A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME RECENTLY LAUNCHED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE SAID THAT APPLICATIONS TO ORGANISE ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR HAD BEEN PARTICULARLY KEEN.

+ IN SELECTING SOME 57 ACTIVITIES, EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS WELL AS THE IR RECREATIONAL PURPOSE. +

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