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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1985

THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IN HONG KONG WILL ALSO SPONSOR THE LOCAL COMPETITION BY OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL PRIZE TO A LOCAL WINNING ENTRY IN CLASS A. THIS WILL

INCLUDE A ROUND-TRIP BY AIR TO KUALA LUMPUR, ACCOMMODATION FOR TWO NIGHTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH HOUSE IN KUALA LUMPUR, SIGHTSEE ING AND $500 SPENDING MONEY.

THE ADDITIONAL AWARD WILL BE DECIDED BY THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN LONDON AND ALL THE BEST ENTRIES OF THE LOCAL COMPETITION AS WELL AS OTHER SELECTED ESSAYS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY IN LONDON FOR THE MAIN COMPETITION.

ALL ENTRIES FOR THE LOCAL COMPETITION MUST REACH

THE INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY BEFORE JANUARY 31 FOR THE PRELIMINARY ROUND OF JUDGING.

ENQUIRIES RELATING TO THE COMPETITION SHOULD BE MADE

ON TEL. 5-8392274 DURING OFFICE HOURS.

UC GARDENERS PLANNING AHEAD, PLANTING AHEAD

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LIKE ALL GARDENERS EVERYWHERE, THE URBAN COUNCIL'S HORTICULTURAL STAFF HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD, AND PLANT AHEAD. THEY ARE NOW LOOKING NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AHEAD TO MARCH 14, THE DATE WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SET FOR THE 1986 UC FLOWER SHOW.

NEXT YEAR'S THREE-DAY SHOW WILL BE HELD, AS USUAL, AT THE CITY HALL. THE MAIN DISPLAY THEME WILL CENTRE ON SOME ASPECT OF +ANNUALS+, THOSE FLOWERS WHICH LIVE FOR ONE SEASON ONLY MARIGOLDS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS ARE COMMON VARIETIES.

THE COUNCIL'S STAFF OFFICER FOR HORTICULTURE, MR LAWRENCE Y.K. CHEUNG, SAYS THAT THE SHOW'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE WILL BE ORDERING THE SEEDS OF ABOUT EIGHT SPECIES OF ANNUALS FROM OVERSEAS. THE SEEDS THEMSELVES WILL COME FROM ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA BUT THE COUNTRIES OF NATURAL ORIGIN WILL RANGE FROM CHINA (THE SOURCE OF SO MANY OF THE WORLD'S FINEST FLOWERS) TO MEXICO, AND THE REGIONS OF ORIGIN WILL INCLUDE SOUTHERN AFRICA AS WELL AS EUROPE. AT THE LAST SHOW THE EMPHASIS WAS ON ROSES FROM AUSTRALIA.

+THIS TIME WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON DISPLAY ONE OR TWO SPECIES OF ANNUALS WHICH WILL BE NEW TO HONG KONG,+ SAYS MR CHEUNG. THEY WILL PROBABLY BE SENT FROM ENGLAND. AND IF WE ARE FORTUNATE WITH TIME OF FLOWERING AND SEEDING, THESE SPECIES COULD YIELD NEW SEEDS FOR US NEXT SUMMER.+

/THE FLOWER