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SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1988

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KOWLOON HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMME GETS UNDER WAY

IS WELL JOINTLY CARRIED

A MASSIVE LANDSCAPING PROJECT FOR HIGHWAYS IN KOWLOON UNDER WAY UNDER THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMME OUT BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.

COMPLETED

FOR TWO

AN

LINEAR

ON

URBAN

"ALREADY LANDSCAPING HAS BREN ROADSIDE AMENITY PLOTS AT TSIM SHA TSUI WHILE WORK WILL SOON BEOIN

AND KOWLOON

LAI CITY THREE OTHERS SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

IN

"THE TWO

NEWLY-COMPLETED

CHI

PLOTS AMENITY

AS WELL SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD AND GRANVILLE ROAD ROAD, COVERING AN AREA OF 1,150 SQUARE METRES AND

RESPECTIVELY.

"ALTOGETHER 5,200 FLOWERING SHRUBS,

TREES ARE PROVIDED IN RAISED IMPACT OF THE AREA.

9,000

11

кок,

STRETCH AS ALONG SALISBURY 270 SQUARE METRES

ALONG

THE

GROUND COVERS AND PLANTERS ΤΟ SOFTEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PLANTS SUCH

ACHIEVE A BETTER VISUAL "IN ORDER TO ADD MORE COLOUR AND TO IMPACT, LANDSCAPE STAFF HAVE CAREFULLY SELECTED SUITABLE AS FICUS MICROCAPA 'GOLDEN LEAVES' AND PODOCARPUS MICRIPHYLLA."

OF UNDER THE KOWLOON HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMME, A TOTAL

COVERING BOTH 14 AMENITY PLOTS HAVE BREN IDENTIFIED FOR LANDSCAPING, KOWLOON BAST AND KOWLOON WEST.

INCLUDING

TREES,

PALMS, WILL BE PROVIDED, THE

H NURSERIES, SAID

"IN ALL, NO FEWER THAN 69,000 PLANTS FLOWERING SHRUBS, GROUND COVERS AND CLIMBERS MAJORITY OF WHICH WILL BE SUPPLIED BY URBAN COUNCIL THE SPOKESMAN.

$870,000

THE

PROJECT "ON COMPLETION BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR,

CENTRAL ROAD DIVIDERS WILL HAVE ADDED MORE GREENERY TO SOME OF THE AND BARE ROADSIDES AS A WELCOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.'

J.

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