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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1990

OF COUNTRYSIDE DR WANG BELIEVED SET BY THE CLEANER

WHILE URGING CYC MEMBERS TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE CONSERVATION TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, OTHER PARK USERS WOULD BE ENCOURAGED BY THE GOOD EXAMPLE YOUNGSTERS AND PLAY THEIR PART IN KEEPING OUR AND GREENER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

PARKS COUNTRY

MAJOR SOURCE FOR OUTDOOR

AN EXCELLENT VENUE

"COUNTRY PARKS PROVIDE NOT ONLY A RECREATION FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO OUR STUDENTS TO STUDY AND UNDERSTAND NATURE.

FOR

"ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES

COUNTRY TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF

PARKS, THE SITUATION COULD BE CONSERVING IMPROVED FURTHER IF THE USERS WOULD CO-OPERATE AND JOIN IN THE ENVIRONMENT, DR WANG STRESSED.

OF AGRICULTURE EARLIER, IN HIS WELCOMING SPEECH, THE DIRECTOR

DECISION то KEEP AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, EXPLAINED THAT THE

AN ANNUAL EVENT THE CYC COUNTRY PARKS ADOPTION SCHEME AS

WAS MADE BECAUSE THE TRIAL LAST YEAR HAD BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

SCHOOLS IN ADOPTED COUNTRY

11 "DURING THE YEAR, OVER 1,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM

FIVE FIVE CYC REGIONS HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE PARKS.

ALONG

"AMONG OTHERS, 900 TREES WERE PLANTED, 900 TREES WERE TENDED, OVER 1.2 TONNES OF LITTER WERE COLLECTED AND GRASS CUTTING

HE NOTED. SEVEN KILOMETRES OF FOOTPATH WAS CARRIED OUT,

THIS YEAR, 10 SCHOOLS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT

THE LAUNCHING

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, AND THE PARKS BOARD, MR CARLOS CHEUNG.

CEREMONY TODAY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY

"THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES AND DESERVES M MR LI ACTIVE PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY,' STRESSED.

THAT NOTING

THE AFD AND THE ED HAD WORKED IN CLOSE

YEARS IN PROJECTS CO-OPERATION FOR MANY

DESIGNED TO PROMOTE AND MR LI BELIEVED ENRICH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN SCHOOLS,

ACTIVE THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SCHEME A SUCCESS,

PARTICIPATION BY STUDENTS THEMSELVES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

MR LI THANKED THE 19 CYC DISTRICT COMMITTEES AS WELL AS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS INVOLVED FOR SUPPORTING THE CYC COUNTRY ADOPTION SCHEME WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM.

SCHOOL

PARKS

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