TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1991
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GARDEN TO BE BUILT OVERNIGHT IN CENTRÁL
THE CHATER ROAD
PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A GARDEN ON NOVEMBER 24 (SUNDAY) TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT CAN BE DONE IF EVERY CITIZEN PITCHES IN TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN.
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CALL "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION" THIS LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FUNCTION OF THE 1991/92 KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, MR GILBERT LEUNG, SAID "THE GARDEN CELEBRATION" WOULD BE A VISUAL AND SYMBOLIC ATTENTION-GRABBER, WITH THE THEME "'THANKS TO YOU, HONG KONG IS A BETTER PLACE"'.
"THE GARDEN WILL BE A LIVING-GREEN PARK WHERE THE DAY BEFORE WAS ONLY CONCRETE.
"THROUGH TEAMWORK AND SUPPORT FROM THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GREENERY AND FLOWERS WILL BE ASSEMBLED DURING THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 23 (SATURDAY) INTO A GARDEN COMPLETE WITH FLOWERS, TREES, PATHWAYS AND LANDSCAPES.
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DESIGNED BY LANDSCAPING EXPERTS FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE GARDEN WILL FEATURE DIFFERENT PLOTS OF ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPES AND OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
MR LEUNG URGED THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY ΤΟ SUPPORT THIS UNIQUE EXTRAVAGANZA TO PROMOTE THE MESSAGE "TAKE THE LEAD TO KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN".
HE SAID: "WE SEE CORPORATE SUPPORT AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE 1991/92 CAMPAIGN AND, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR ITS SUCCESS.
"WE WOULD APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE MONETARY AND MORAL SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY-CONSCIOUS BUSINESS SECTOR.
"MAKING THIS DREAM COME TRUE WILL BE A COMBINED EFFORT OF THE COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND GOVERNMENT.
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A SPECIAL FLOWER PLANTING AND UNVEILING CEREMONY WILL
BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 24, TO BE ATTENDED BY LEGISLATIVE, URBAN AND REGIONÁL COUNCILLORS, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS, SENIOR OFFICIALS, CELEBRITIES AND THE CAMPAIGN MASCOTS, THE CLEANLINESS FAMILY.
IN ADDITION TO THE GARDEN, PART OF THE CHATER ROAD PRECINCT OUTSIDE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING WILL BE AN EXHIBITION GALLERY FEATURING THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS' KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN ACTIVITIES.
GOVERNMENT DRAGON
OF
PEDESTRIAN MADE INTO YEAR-ROUND
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