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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1987

COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL OFFICIATE AT A + CELEBRITY TREE PLANTING+ ACTIVITY ON SUNDAY (MARCH 29) TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME.

JOINING SIR DAVID IN PLANTING THE FIRST TREES WILL BE ABOUT 100 WELL-KNOWN PUBLIC FIGURES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OMELCO MEMBERS AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN AS WELL AS 1 000 SCHOOL CHILDREN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 10.30 AM AT HOI HA IN THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.

PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED AND WILL FROM THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, BY 9 AM.

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AS THE PLANTING SITE IS WITHIN A COUNTRY PARK WHERE PUBLIC VEHICULAR ACCESS IS RESTRICTED, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES OR TELEVISION CREW WISHING TO ARRANGE THEIR OWN TRANSPORT SHOULD CONTACT THE AFD INFORMATION UNIT ON 3-7332176 BY 5 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FOR NECESSARY VEHICULAR PERMITS. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.

SEMINAR TO CONCLUDE CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

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A SEMINAR WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (MARCH 28) IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE TO CONCLUDE THE +86 CIVIC EDUCATION IN EASTERN DISTRICT+.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD WORK ING GROUP ON PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, MR PAUL YIN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) ABOUT $150 000 WAS ALLOCATED TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO ORGANISE OVER 100 CIVIC EDUCATION ORIENTED ACTIVITIES IN 1986-87.

ENTITLED +EASTERN DISTRICT CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR - FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL+, THE SEMINAR AIMS TO GATHER PUBLIC OPINIONS ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN THE DISTRICT,

MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTEES, REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN THE CIVIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES LAST YEAR, WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR.

/SPEAKERS INCLUDE