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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1985

800 000 PLANTS TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN AREA

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DESPITE THE RESTRAINT OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND SHORTAGE OF LAND RESOURCES, THE URBAN COUNCIL IS PLANNING TO PLANT OVER 800 000 TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS IN THE URBAN AREA THIS YEAR IN ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO +GREEN KONG.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY BY URBAN COUNCILLOR

HONG

MR FAN KAM-PING WHEN OFFICIATING AT THE 1985 PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AND 1986 INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE SCHOOL CHILDREN FLOWER GROWING COMPETITION HELD AT THE LO YU CHIK PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MONG KOK.

ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, MR FAN SAID THAT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COUNCIL IN BEAUTIFYING THE CITY COULD BE REFLECTED BY THE GROWING NUMBER OF LANDSCAPED SPOTS, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AREA IN RECENT YEARS.

+TODAY'S EVENT IS AIMED AT ASSISTING SCHOOL CHILDREN TO APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR AND THE BEAUTY OF PLANTS AND GIVING THEM A TECHNICAL INSIGHT INTO THE MEANS OF HELPING THEM PROSPER.

+THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION, THE COUNCIL CAN NOW BE ASSURED THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION WILL CARRY ON THE COUNCIL'S IDEAL OF TURNING HONG KONG INTO A GREENER CITY.+ HE SAID.

THE COMPETITION FORMS PART OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW, AND IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE WINNER OF THE 1985 GARDEN PLOT COMPETITION IS KWONG PUI SCHOOL AND THE CHAMPION OF POT FLOWER GROWING COMPETITION IS FANLING PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THERE ARE SOME 180 SCHOOLS FROM BOTH URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES AREAS TAKING PART IN THE 1986 SCHOOL CHILDREN FLOWER GROWING COMPETITION WHICH INVOLVES THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.

A SEMINAR ON PLANT CULTURE CONDUCTED BY A TRAINING OFFICER FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING SCHOOL WAS ALSO HELD TODAY FOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES AND SCHOOL CHILDREN.

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