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TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1988

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'WALK AND PLANT' PUBLICITY TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY

A MAJOR PUBLICITY DRIVE WILL BE MOUNTED LATER THIS WERK ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR TREE PLANTING AND THE WIDER USE OF FAMILY WALES RECENTLY ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS.

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ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE DRIVE WILL BE SPEARHEADED BY A LARGE-SCALE 'WALK AND PLANT' OUTDOOR ACTIVITY ΤΟ BE HELD AT 10.30 AM ON SATURDAY (MARCH 19) AT PAK TAM AU IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AND LADY FORD WILL START OFF THE MONTH-LONG PROMOTIONAL PROJECT. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, AND THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.

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ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS), MR K.C. IU, SAID THE THEME OF THE DRIVE WAS FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TREE PLANTING AND IN HEALTHY PURSUITS SUCH AS OUTINGS TO THE FAMILY WALKя IN COUNTRY PARKS.

A FAMILY WALK IS A TRAIL WHICH IS LOCATED AT A SCENIC SPOT IN COUNTRY PARK AREA AND IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY VEHICULAR TRANSPORT. VARYING FROM 1 KM TO 3.5 KM IN LENGTH, IT IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR HIKING AND STROLLING BY THE WHOLE FAMILY AND THE GRADIENT IS USUALLY VERY GENTLE.

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WITH THESE AIMS IN MIND, THE WALK AND PLANT' ACTIVITY WAS SO PLANNED THAT IT WOULD MARK THE LAUNCHING OF THE 1988 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME AND THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FIRST 13 FAMILY WALKS IN THE COUNTRY PARKS.

"WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SIR DAVID AND LADY FORD FOR THEIR SUPPORT WHICH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY SET A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY то FOLLOW," MR IU SAID.

AT THE FUNCTION, SIR DAVID AND LADY FORD WILL LEAD SOME 100 GUESTS WHICH INCLUDE POPULAR ARTISTES FROM THE TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED, AND ABOUT 1,000 FAMILY GROUPS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PLANTING THE FIRST TREES AT PAK TAM AU.

THEY WILL ALSO WALK ALONG THE NEARBY 1.8 KM-LONG PAK TAM FAMILY WALK WHICH PASSES THROUGH A SCENIC ARKA IN THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.

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MR IU SAID THE ACTIVITY WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY TREE PLANTING DAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE HELD ON ALL SUNDAYS AND FROM MARCH 20 TO APRIL 30.

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