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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1994

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'IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE STUDENTS WILL CARRY OUT A RANGE OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION SERVICE IN 10 COUNTRY PARKS. THEIR WORK WILL INCLUDE PLANTING AND TENDING TREES, CUTTING GRASS, MAINTAINING FOOTPATH AND COLLECTING LITTER ON RECREATIONAL SITES."

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DR HODGKISS POINTED OUT THAT THE ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION CLUB MEMBERS IN THE SCHEME AND THEIR CARE AND CONCERN FOR COUNTRY PARKS WERE HIGHLY COMMENDABLE.

APART FROM KEEPING THE COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN, THEY WILL ALSO SET GOOD EXAMPLES FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CONSERVE THESE PUBLIC SCENIC RESOURCES, HE ADDED.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR HO CHI-LEUNG, SAID BEGINNING 1993, THE SCHEME WOULD LAST A CYCLE OF THREE YEARS TO PROVIDE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WITH A MORE CONSISTENT AND BROADER RANGE OF COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES THROUGH A LONGER PROJECT.

MR HO HIGHLY COMMENDED THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FIRST PART OF THE CYCLE LAST YEAR, ADDING THAT THEIR SERVICE WAS RECOGNISED BY THE COMMUNITY.

HE THANKED PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

THE SCHEME HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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ALSO OFFICIATING AT THIS MORNING'S CEREMONY WAS DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR FRANK LAU SIN-PANG,

BARGAINS AT CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AUTUMN PAIK

THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CSD) WILL HOLD ITS 42ND AUTUMN FAIR ON SATURDAY (NOVEMBER 5) AT THE STANLEY FOOTBALL FIELD NEAR STANLEY PRISON.

ADMISSION IS FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME,

A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS INCLUDING ARTS AND HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS, STUFFED TOYS, RATTAN AND WOODEN FURNITURE WILL BE ON SALE AT SOME STALLS.

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PRODUCTS ARE MADE BY INMATES AT THEIR LEISURE TIME DURING THEIR DETENTION IN VARIOUS PENAL INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS. LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF $1.15 MILLION WAS RAISED.

"THE PURPOSE OF THE FAIR IS TO MOTIVATE THE INMATES TO ADOPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE AND TO ENHANCE THEIR SENSE OF CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY, A CSD SPOKESMAN SAID.

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/THE SPOKESMAN