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JIY 3,

1992

AIRPORT RAILWAY

22,160

33,500

CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI

1,900

2,827

RECLAMATION

UTILITIES AND OTHERS

2,360

3,260

LESS: AIRPORT RAILWAY WORKS

TO BE UNDERTAKEN AS

(2,900)

(4,029)

PART OF THE LANTAU

FIXED CROSSING, TUNG

CHUNG DEVELOPMENT,

NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY,

ROUTE 3, AND "UTILITIES"

PROJECTS

TOTAL

112,220

163,730

GOVT WORKING ALL OUT IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CARRY OUT VARIOUS PLANS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND SPECIES OF TREES TO BE PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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MR EASON SAID THE URBAN COUNCIL WAS PLANNING TO ACCELERATE ITS TREE PLANTING PROGRAMME, BEYOND THE 900,000

ALREADY PLANTED ANNUALLY ALL ROUND, AND WAS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINT VENTURE PLANTING PROGRAMMES WITH DISTRICT BOARDS TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO PLANNING AN URBAN-FRINGE PLANTING PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD COVER SOME 55 HECTARES OF ERODED SLOPES AND OTHER AREAS, MR EASON SAID IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MAN SAI-CHEONG.

IN ADDITION, MR EASON SAID OVER 150,000 TREES WOULD BE PLANTED ON NORTH LANTAU STARTING IN 1994 AND THE NUMBER OF SPECIES FROM WHICH TREES FOR PLANTING WERE DRAWN ALREADY EXCEEDS 100.

THERE WERE ALSO PLANS TO ADD MORE NATIVE AND EXOTIC SPECIES.

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HE SAID IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, ABOUT 9 MILLION TREES, ADDITION TO MILLIONS MORE SHRUBS AND CLIMBING PLANTS, HAD BEEN PLANTED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY BY THE TWO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

ABOUT 1.8 MILLION WERE PLANTED IN THE URBAN AREAS.

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