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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1988

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'PLANT FOR CHARITY' ACTIVITY TO END PLANTING SCHEME

PLANTING SCHEME THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE CLOSE ON SUNDAY (APRIL 24) WITH A MAJOR "PLANT FOR TO BE HELD IN THE PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK.

WILL DRAW TO A CHARITY" ACTIVITY

DEPARTMENT,

HOSPITALS,

THE

ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE TUNG WAH GROUP EVENT AIMS AT RAISING MONEY FOR THE GROUP'S DEVELOPMENT FUND REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS FIRST SHELTERED WORKSHOP, MORE HOMES THE ELDERLY AND MORE SCHOOLS.

FOR

DIRECTOR FISHERIES

OFFICIATING AT THE EVENT WILL BE CHAIRMAN OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, MR ALLEN LEE. HE WILL BE JOINED BY THE ASSISTANT

OF

AND THE AGRICULTURE (COUNTRY PARKS AND CONSERVATION)

OF DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT, MR K.C. IU; THE ASSISTANT

MR BROADCASTING, GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR SIMON LUN; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TUNG WAH PAUL YU.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A GROUP OF 150 YAN-LUNG, PROFESSOR CELEBRITIES, COMPRISING OMELCO MEMBERS MR CHEUNG C.K. POON, MR ANDREW WONG, MRS PAULINE NG, MR YEUNG PO-KWAN,

CHAN YING-LUN AS WELL AS HIN-KWONG, MR HO SAI-CHU AND MR ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, TV ARTISTES, SINGERS AND DISC JOCKEYS.

DR CHIU POPULAR

THEY WILL LEAD SOME 400 BOY SCOUTS AND GIRL GUIDES IN SEEDLINGS TO RESTOCK TREES RECENTLY DAMAGED BY FIRES.

PLANTING

THE SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER OF THE

MR FISHERIES DEPARTMENT,

C.C. LAY, SAID TODAY DEPARTMENT WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WHICH WAS INDICATIVE OF THE DEGREE PLANTING SCHEME, THE 31ST SINCE 1957.

AGRICULTURE

OF

THAT (FRIDAY) GOOD RESPONSE ΤΟ THE PUBLIC

ΤΟ SUPPORT

AND THE EVENT THE TREE

FROM 50 SCHOOLS PLANT TREES IN

UP TO LAST SUNDAY, MORE THAN 13,600 PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT TO PLANT 16,300 TREES. ANOTHER 2,500 AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS ARE AWAITING THEIR TURNS TO GROUPS.

YEAR'S TREE

MR LAY REMINDED INTERESTED RESIDENTS THAT THIS SUNDAY (APRIL

ΤΟ TAKE PART IN THIS 24) WOULD BE THEIR LAST CHANCE PLANTING SCHEME.

"THEY SHOULD GO TO THE EIGHT DESIGNATED PLANTING SITES AT ΤΑΙ MO SHAN, TAI TONG, BRIDE'S POOL, CLEAR WATER BAY, PAK TAM CHUNG, QUARRY BAY, POK FU LAM AND MUI WO, HE SAID.

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"AFD STAFF WILL BE ON DUTY BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4 PM ΤΟ PROVIDE TREE SEEDLINGS, TOOLS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE."

TREE PLANTING

WITH THE PREVAILING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITIES TO CONSERVE THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT, MR LAY HOPED TO SEE A NEW RECORD FOR THIS YEAR'S SCHEME WHEN IT ENDS ON SUNDAY.

/LAST YEAR'S