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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1993

THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK SITE IN PAK TAM CHUNG TOPPED THE LIST WITH 4,050 TREE SEEDLINGS PLANTED.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPECTED THAT THE NUMBER OF TREES PLANTED UNDER THE SCHEME THIS YEAR WOULD EXCEED LAST YEAR'S 32,000 IF THE PRESENT PACE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS MAINTAINED.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS ENCOURAGED ΤΟ NOTE THAT MANY COMMUNITY GROUPS, PARTICULARLY THOSE ADVOCATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HAD TAKEN AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE SCHEME.

HE ALSO SAID THE AIM OF THE SCHEME WAS ΤΟ PROTECTION AND CARE ON VEGETATION THROUGH PHYSICAL PLANTING.

PROMOTE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN

"WHY NOT SPARE SOME TIME AND COME OVER ΤΟ THE COUNTRY PARKS AND DO THE PLANTING YOURSELVES FOR A GREEN CAUSE?" HE URGED.

MOBILE EXHIBITIONS ON HK'S SEWAGE STRATEGY

A SERIES OF MOBILE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE STAGED AT PROMINENT SHOPPING ARCADES AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE SHOPPING CENTRES IN NEXT TWO MONTHS TO PROMOTE HONG KONG'S SEWAGE STRATEGY.

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THE FIRST IN THE SERIES WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY {APRIL 3) AT TUEN MUN TOWN PLAZA AND OI MAN SHOPPING CENTRE IN HO MAN TIN.

ORGANISED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH, THE EXHIBITION AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM IN THE HARBOUR AND THE NEED FOR AN ULTIMATE SOLUTION.

"PICTURES AND CARTOONS WILL BE DISPLAYED ΤΟ HIGHLIGHT THE SERIOUS WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM THAT ENDANGERS OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THREATENS PUBLIC HEALTH, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD DEVELOP AN OVERALL SEWAGE STRATEGY TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.

"THIS INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NETWORK OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS THREE METRES IN DIAMETER AND 22 KM IN LENGTH AT A DEPTH OF 150 METRES TO COLLECT SEWAGE FROM THE URBAN AREA FOR TREATMENT, HE SAID.

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THE EXHIBITION AT ATRIUM OF TUEN MUN TOWN PLAZA WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AND ON SUNDAY (APRIL 4), BEGINNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM.

THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO BE HELD ON THE SECOND FLOOR, OI MAN SHOPPING CENTRE, HO MAN TIN, FROM TOMORROW TO MONDAY (APRIL 5). THE EXHIBITION OPENS FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM.

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