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FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1985

PLANTING DAY FOR KWUN TONG

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THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE KWUN TONG SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ARE JOINTLY ORGANISING A PLANTING DAY ON SUNDAY (JULY 14),

URBAN COUNCILLOR MR STEPHEN LAU AND A NUMBER OF KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND.

MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WILL PLANT SOME 50 TREES AND 200 SHRUBS AT THE VENUE,

A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID THE AIM OF THE PLANTING DAY IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNGSTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEANINGFUL ACTIVITY IN THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN TREE PLANTING THEY WILL GAIN AN APPRECIATION OF THE BEAUTY OF NATURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A GREEN ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.

HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITION FOR EASTERN

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A TWO-DAY HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITION, STARTING TOMORROW (SATURDAY), WILL BE HELD AT THE TAIKOO SHING CITY PLAZA,

ORGANISED BY A WORKING GROUP ON MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THE EASTERN BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT ENHANCING RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH AND TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE THAT PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.

THE EXHIBITION, SPONSORED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, WILL FEATURE DRAWINGS, CHARTS AND INFORMATION MATERIAL ON THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS WHICH ARE VITAL FOR GOOD HEALTH, SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD HYGIENE, EXERCISE, PROPER FOOD, COMMON DISEASES, AND CARE FOR MENTAL PATIENTS.

ADMISSION IS FREE AND THE EXHIBITION, PRODUCED BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WILL CLOSE AT 4 PM ON SUNDAY (JULY 14).

A LEAFLET PUBLISHED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD ON +GOOD HEALTH ORIGINATES IN THE FAMILY+ WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE EXHIBITION.

AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VINCENT LEUNG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE,

MR LEE KWONG-LAM, AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION EXHIBITION ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MRS LAU MA LAI-WAH, WILL OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY.