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year, it provides an opportunity for hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people and horticulture lovers from around the world to enjoy the beauty and diversity of flowers and to share their experiences in flower cultivation. Participants in the show are from Hong Kong, Mainland and overseas horticultural associations, floral art clubs, green groups, district councils, schools and the general public.
A range of educational and recreational activities were also organised on the sidelines of the show. More than 180 horticultural organisations from 19 countries, including Hong Kong and the Mainland, took part in the 2006 show held in March at the Victoria Park which attracted more than 510 000 visitors to the fair ground.
Horticulture and Landscape Services and Projects
The LCSD is responsible for the planting of ornamental trees and shrubs in public gardens and roadside amenity areas around Hong Kong, and for looking after the trees. It also looks after the city's public parks, gardens, sports grounds, football pitches and children's playgrounds, amenity plots and the landscape plants on the sides of highways and public roads. During the year, the department planted 10 000 trees and 3.3 million shrubs and seasonal flowers and carried out landscape improvement projects for 45 hectares of park land and roadside amenity areas, including footbridges.
Beautification of Footbridges
To improve the greenery in urban areas and the environment around footbridges, the LCSD has a programme for growing flowering plants in pots placed on the sides of footbridges.
Summer Youth Programme
The Summer Youth Programme is a big community programme that provides a variety of activities for schoolchildren to enjoy during their summer holidays as well as for other young people aged six to 25. To solicit and encourage public support and participation in the programme, the slogan 'Let's build harmony' was used in more than 80 summer youth activities held in 2006. The activities were organised by the Home Affairs Department and the 18 District Offices, including parent-child activities and family camps.
The main purpose of the programme is get parents and children to take part in activities together which in turn enhances mutual understanding and harmony within the family. More than 13 000 such activities took place in 2006 in which over 1 million children and their parents took part. More than $50 million was spent on the activities, $15 million of which was from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Fund and the rest was from government and district council subventions, private donations and participation fees.
Home Pages
Home Affairs Bureau: www.hab.gov.hk
Leisure and Cultural Services Department: www.lcsd.gov.hk
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: www.afcd.gov.hk
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