SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1937
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ENTHUSIASTIC START FOR TREE PLA TING SCHEME
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THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL SWING INTO FULL GEAR TOMORROW (SUNDAY) WHEN THE FIRST TREE PLANTING DAY IN THE YEAR TAKES PLACE AT SEVEN DESIGNATED COUNTRY PARK PLANTING SITES.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INTERESTED IN PLANTING TREES SHOULD GO TO THE PLANTING SITES AT TA MO SHAN, BRIDE'S POOL, MUI WO, POKFULAM, QUARRY BAY, PAK TAM CHUNG AND CLEARWATER BAY WHERE DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM TO PROVIDE FREE TREE SEEDLINGS AND ADVICE.
TREE PLANTING DAYS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR ALL SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN APRIL.
THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS), MR K.C. IU, SAID TODAY THIS YEAR'S TREE PLANTING SCHEME HAD MET WITH VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC.
+BEFORE THE TREE PLANTING DAYS ACTUALLY START, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BOOKING FOR OVER 8 000 STUDENTS AND YOUTHS TO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAMME IN GROUPS,+ HE SAID.
MR IU EXPECTED A GOOD TURNOUT AT THE TREE PLANTING DAYS AHEAD AS PEOPLE ARE BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCAL COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT.
HE SAID THAT TO CELEBRATE ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, THE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME OFFERED A NEW ATTRACTION TO THOSE INTERESTED IN RAISING THEIR OWN TREE SEEDLINGS.
+AFTER PLANTING A TREE, EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE GIVEN A SEED PACKET AND A COLOURFUL LEAFLET FOR RAISING A SEEDLING AT HOME, FOR PLANTING IN THE 1988 PLANTING SEASON.
+A HANDSOME SOUVENIR WILL BE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN DOING SO, MR IU ADDED.
HE URGED ORGANISATIONS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSERVATION EDUCATION UNIT AT 3-7332121 FOR REGISTRATION.
NEW PARK FOR KENNEDY TOWN OPENED
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THE SMITHFIELD TEMPORARY PARK BUILT ON THE SITE OF AN OLD CATTLE DEPOT IN KENNEDY TOWN WAS OPENED THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON IN THE GAIETIES OF THE CHILDREN'S DAY,
AT THE PARK, GUESTS WERE INVITED TO PUT THEIR SIGNATURES ON A COLOURFUL MURAL PAINTING BY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS.
/THE DEPUTY
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