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MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1990

EDITORIAL BOARD

THE INCLUDED

DISTRICT

OTHER MEMBERS ON THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LEE WING-TAT, AND THREE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, CHUNG MAN-FAI, MR KWONG FU-SAM AND MR LEE KIN-SANG.

THIS IS THE THIRD KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD REPORT PUBLISHED.

RESIDENTS WISHING TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE REPORT MAY

THE DISTRICT BOARD OFFICES BUILDING, KWAI CHUNG.

SECRETARIAT, 10TH

FLOOR,

KWAI

MP

WRITE HING GOVERNMENT

TO

COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED

THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME WAS SUCCESSFULLY PLANTING CONCLUDED TODAY (MONDAY) WITH A TOTAL OF 19,397 PARTICIPANTS MORE THAN 25,900 TREES IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS.

AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS, 13.279 CAME FROM 197 SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC ORGANISED GROUPS WHILE THE REST WERE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME, FIRST ORGANISED IN 1957, IS AN ANNUAL EVENT TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.

IT HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY OVER THE YEARS AND PARTICIPATION FIGURES HAS SHOT UP FROM A FEW HUNDREDS IN THE EARLY DAYS то NEARLY 20,000 NOW.

THIS YEAR'S SCHEME, OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON MARCH 4. WAS ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG HIKING AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES GROUPS.

LABOUR COMMISSIONER VISITS MACHINERY FACTORY

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED A MACHINERY FACTORY IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE UPDATE HIMSELF ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LABOUR SCENE.

TO

ESTABLISHED IN 1958, THE CHEN HSONG MACHINERY COMPANY IS A LEADING MANUFACTURER OF INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. THE PRODUCTS ARE INTENDED NOT ONLY FOR THE LOCAL MARKET BUT ALSO FOR EXPORT TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.

/MR HAMMOND