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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1992

CONTRIBUTED

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"THEIR GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP HAS

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE, AND ALSO MADE THIS YEAR'S ADOPTION SCHEME POSSIBLE BY DONATING $80,000, DR LEE SAID.

HE COMMENDED PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN MOBILISING STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE SCHEME, WHICH WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SINCE 1989.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE FUNCTION WAS THE

MR DOMINIC WONG.

HE SAID THE CYC COUNTRY PARKS ADOPTION GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO ACTIVELY SERVICE AND NATURE CONSERVATION PROJECTS.

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,

SCHEME HAD PROVIDED A PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL

THIS WOULD HELP FOSTER A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG OUR YOUNGER GENERATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGES IN THE TERRITORY, MR WONG STRESSED.

MR WONG WAS ALSO PLEASED TO NOTE THAT RESPONSE FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL CYC MEMBERS TO THE SCHEME HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING.

SCHEME,

AN

THERE WOULD BE 70 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE WITH 400 STUDENTS ENROLLED AS "JUNIOR COUNTRY PARKS WARDENS", INCREASE OF MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS OVER THAT OF LAST YEAR.

ADDED.

TOGETHER, THEY WOULD PROVIDE 7,000 MAN-DAY OF SERVICES, HE

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THIS MORNING'S LAUNCHING WAS THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR, LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, MR STEPHEN CHOW.

THIS YEAR'S SCHEME, TO BE RUN IN THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS, WILL INVOLVE PARTICIPANTS IN A NUMBER OF PHYSICAL VOLUNTARY COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT WORK SUCH AS TREE PLANTING AND TENDING, APPLYING FERTILISERS, WEEDING, PATH MAINTENANCE AND LITTER COLLECTION.

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EXTRAVAGANZA TO HERALD DISTRICT FESTIVAL

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WILL AN EXTRAVAGANZA FEATURING POPULAR SINGERS AND MOVIE STARS

PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT TO BE HELD TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE CHATER ROAD

AND HERALD THREE WEEKS OF ENTERTAINMENT AS PART OF THE FOURTH CENTRAL WESTERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL.

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL

PM AT 2 OFFICIATE AT AN OPENING CEREMONY FESTIVAL.

WILL то LAUNCH THE DISTRICT

SUEN,

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW.

THE POLICE PIPE BAND WILL ALSO FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE.

STAGE DRILLS TO ADD ΤΟ

THE

/OTHER GUESTS