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VRNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1986
SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE DISTRICT'S FORTHCOMING SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME WILL INVOLVE STUDENTS PLANTING TREES AND FLOWERS, WHILE THE SPORTS AND ARTS NUTURE SCHEMES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THOU MAIN FESTIVALS OF THE DISTRICT THE TSUEN WAN SPORTS FESTIVAL AND THE TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL.
TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ANGUS MIU, AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR CHAU HOW-CHEN, WILL ADDRESS THE GATHERING BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION AND BRIEFING OF VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL SCHEMES BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL ALSO BE ON HAND TO GIVE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE.
THE SEMINAR WILL START AT 10 AM AT THE HILLTOP COUNTRY HILLTOP ROAD, TSUEN WAN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SEMINAR. TRANSPORT FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE BY 9.30 AM FROM THE CARPARK OF FOU WAN CENTRE, 210 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN, FOR THE CLUB.
HONG KONG-BRED SPIRIT DUCKS+ RETURN TO ANCESTRAL HOME
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NINE YOUNG WHITE-WINGED WOOD DUCKS, KNOWN TO THE ASSAMESE AS SPIRIT DUCKS+, LEFT HONG KONG ABOARD AIR INDIA FLIGHT 307 TODAY ON THE FIRST LEG OF THE JOURNEY TO BORDUBI
IN THE IR NATIVE ASSAM.
THE DUCKS, WHICH WERE BRED IN THE HONG KONG ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS LAST YEAR, ARE TRAVELLING FREE OF CHARGE ON AIR INDIA. THE URBAN COUNCIL, WHICH FINANCES AND ADMINISTERS THE H.K.Z.B.G., PAID FOR SHIPPING CRATES AND THE NECESSARY EXPORT DOCUMENTS.
THIS SHIPMENT REPRESENTS ANOTHER STEP IN WORLD WILDLIFE FUND PROJECT 406, A CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMME AIMED AT SAVING THESE RARE WATERFOWL FROM EXTINCTION, WITH THE INTENTION OF REINTRODUCING THEM INTO SUITABLE AREAS OF THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.
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