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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1989

TELEVISION WITH

START WITH A LAUNCHING THE 1989 SCHEME WILL

EVENT JOINTLY HONG KONG ORGANISED WITH THE LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303,

BROADCASTS LIMITED, ON AND MACAU, IN CONJUNCTION

AT PAK TAM MARCH 19 BEGINNING AT 10.30 AM AT A SCENIC PLANTING SITE AU, SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.

OFFICIATING WILL BE SENIOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR ALLEN LEE, AS WELL AS 500 SCHOOL WITH ABOUT 1,000 LIONS LEADERS AND MEMBERS CHILDREN TAKING PART. THEY WILL PLANT THE FIRST TREES OF THE YEAR.

PLANTING PUBLIC ΤΟ FROM DURING THE PERIOD

DR LEE SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE LAUNCHING EVENT, EIGHT SITES IN SELECTED COUNTRY PARKS WOULD BE OPENED FOR THE PLANT TREES ON SUNDAYS MARCH 24 TO APRIL 30.

AND

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

WO. THE EIGHT PLANTING SITES ARE TAI MO SHAN, TAI MEI TUK, MUI

AND ΤΑΙ TONG POK FU LAM, QUARRY BAY, PAK TAM CHUNG, CLEAR WATER BAY

STAFF

DUTY ON

ΤΟ

FREE TREE WILL BE WHERE COUNTRY PARK SEEDLINGS, TOOLS AND ANY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE

FOR

GROUPS TO TAKE PART IN THE PLANTING PROGRAMME. ORGANISATIONS SHOULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S UNIT ON 3-7332121 FOR ARRANGEMENTS.

DR LEE SAID THE INCREASING POPULARITY

PROVIDE

STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY INTERESTED SCHOOLS OR CONSERVATION EDUCATION

OF

THE COMMUNITY TREE AWARENESS

PLANTING SCHEME WAS A GOOD INDICATION OF THE GROWING PUBLIC OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.

REACHED

THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE 1988 SCHEME RECORD OF 19,300 WHICH WAS 12 TIMES THE 1982 FIGURE OF 1,700.

A NEW

GROUPS IN THE TREE

H

HE ADDED.

"I HOPE MORE PEOPLE WILL COME FORWARD IN PLANTING DAYS AHEAD TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT,

APPOINTMENTS TO ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD ANNOUNCED

MR

THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR EDWARD HO SING-TIN TO SUCCEED

OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD JASON YUEN KING-YUK AS CHAIRMAN (AAB), IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

12 YEARS, JOINED

MR YUEN, WHO SERVED THE BOARD FOR MORE THAN AS A MEMBER IN 1977 AND BECAME CHAIRMAN IN AUGUST 1986.

THE TERM OF THE NEW BOARD WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 1990.

IS AN ARCHITECT,

*

MR HO, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. AND IS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS.

THE GOVERNOR