Supplementary to Question No. 4
in LegCo Meeting on 14.1.87
Dr. IP : Sir, the answer is indeed quite alarming and I would
like to know how long it will take for the natural regrowth of
native broad-leaved trees and shrubs to cover our hillside
again; and has Government got a transplantation programme
speed up this process
ensure that those hillsides affected
will not lay barren in the meantime?
to
to
Secretary for District Administration : Sir, there have been a
number of measures taken by the Agriculture and Fisheries
Department. There is another species known as Slash Pine, an
introduced species, which has been extensively planted in the
1970s and this is very much more resistant to this pest. In
addition, as Members may have noticed in the countryside, there
has been a lot of plantation including eucalyptus acacia and
even the local
species
afforestation going on.
of
oaks SO there is а lot of
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