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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990

EXOTIC PLANTS ON DISPLAY

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VISITORS TO THE TAOIST CHING CHUNG MONASTERY TOMORROW (THURSDAY) WILL BE TREATED TO SOME 400 EXOTIC POTTED PLANTS.

PRESENTED IN FINE TRADITIONAL CHINESE BONSAI STYLE, THE PLANTS ARE ON DISPLAY IN THE 1990 TUEN MUN BONSAI SHOW WHICH RUNS UNTIL APRIL 22 (SUNDAY).

A MINIATURE CHINESE HACKBERRY FOREST OF MORE THAN 200-YEAR-OLD AND A RARE 400-YEAR-OLD HAIRY WILLOW ELM ARE THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION AT THE EXHIBITION.

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APART FROM THE RICH COLLECTION OF POTTED PLANTS MONASTERY THE SHOW ALSO FEATURES WINNING ENTRIES TO A BONSAI COMPETITION HELD EARLIER IN TUEN MUN.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, AT 11 AM TOMORROW.

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ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MR LEO KWAN; THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (LEISURE SERVICES) OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR DAVID CHIU; AND THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR Y.W. LIU.

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THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CHING CHUNG MONASTERY, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE AND SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO. LTD.

THE 11-DAY EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN DAILY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM. ADMISSION IS FREE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1990 MUN BONSAI SHOW WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 11 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TAOIST CHING CHUNG MONASTERY, TUEN MUN.

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