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FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1992

"THIS FLOWER SHOW, IN ITS OWN GREATER PUBLIC AWARENESS AND INTEREST SHE CONTINUED.

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WAY, IN PLANTS

HELPS TO PROMOTE AND HORTICULTURE,

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"MANY PEOPLE WHO VISIT

US IN HONG KONG ARE IMPRESSED AND THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE

DELIGHTED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE. FOURTY PERCENT OF HONG KONG AS COUNTRY PARK IS A REVELATION TO THEM A FACT WHICH IS RARELY PUBLICISED OVERSEAS, LADY WILSON REMARKED.

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WHILE HONG KONG'S KEEN HORTICULTURALISTS REGARDED THIS EVENT AS THE HIGHLIGHT OF "THEIR YEAR", SHE SAID, MANY PEOPLE WHO ALREADY

THEIR GREW FLOWERS AND PLANTS IN

HOMES WOULD BE INSPIRED BY THE EXHIBITS DISPLAYED AT THE FLOWER SHOW, ESPECIALLY EXHIBITS FROM

THE OVERSEAS, TO GROW MORE.

"THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S SHOW IS 'FLOWERAMA'. OVER SEVENTY ORGANISATIONS, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS, ARE PARTICIPATING, TO PROVIDE A VERY WIDE RANGE OF DISPLAYS.

"THE FLOWER ENTHUSIASTS WILL BE PARTICULARLY KEEN то SEE THE MANY NATIONAL, STATE AND CITY FLOWERS WHICH ARE BEING EXHIBITED THIS YEAR, LADY WILSON SAID.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, DR RONALD LEUNG DING-BONG, THANKED LADY WILSON AT THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR HER PERSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE FLOWER SHOW OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

"THIS YEAR, OUR EXHIBITS COVER A WIDE RANGE OF EXOTIC FLORA CULTIVATED BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS, SOME OF THESE PLANTS AND FLOWERS MAKING THEIR DEBUT IN HONG KONG," HE SAID.

"APART FROM APPRECIATING A WIDE RANGE OF EXQUISITE FLORA, VISITORS OF THE SHOW WILL ALSO FIND MANY INTERESTING EDUCATIONAL AND FRINGE ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS TALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON HORTICULTURE, BAND CONCERTS AND NOVEL CHILDREN'S PLAY FEATURES," DR LEUNG ADDED.

BEING THE SIXTH ANNUAL EVENT JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS SINCE 1987 THE FLOWER SHOW IS NOW OPENED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TILL MARCH 15.

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THIS YEAR'S FLOWER SHOW FEATURES "FLOWERAMA" AS ITS THEME SYMBOLISING THE CONVERGENCE OF A GREAT VARIETY OF OVERSEAS NATIONAL AND CITY FLOWERS WITH THE LOCAL PLANTS OF HONG KONG,

APART FROM NATIONAL AND CITY FLOWERS, VISITORS TO THE FLOWER SHOW ARE ALSO ABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ΤΟ APPRECIATE THE GARDENING SKILLS OF LOCAL PRIMARY PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN THE SHOW'S SCHOOL GARDEN PLOT COMPETITION.

ANOTHER NEW FEATURE OF THE FLOWER SHOW IS THE GARDENS CREATED BY THE PUPILS AT THE SHOW GROUND.

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