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A LCSD's community garden programme for building at least one community garden in each district was carried out in all of the scheme's 18 districts. A total of 46 gardening courses were conducted during the year, attended by 9700 participants. A total of 20 tree planting activities were organised by the districts, attracting an attendance of over 5 300.

Hong Kong Flower Show

The Hong Kong Flower Show is a major event, organised by the LCSD to promote horticulture and an awareness of the need for a green environment. It provides an opportunity every year 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 was organised on the sidelines. of the show. About 200 horticultural organisations from 21 countries took part in the 2010 show in March at the Victoria Park, attracting more than 538 000 visitors.

Horticulture and Landscape Services

The LCSD is responsible for planting and maintaining the plants at the city's public parks, gardens and recreational and sports venues. It also provides horticultural maintenance for the roadside amenity areas. In 2010, the department planted 3.13 million plants, including trees, shrubs and seasonal flowers and carried out landscape improvement projects for 31.2 hectares of park land and roadside amenity areas.

Summer Youth Programme

The Summer Youth Programme (SYP) is a community-building programme co-ordinated by the Home Affairs Department which provides a wide range of cultural and arts, sports and all-round development activities for children and young people aged between six and 25 during the summer holidays. In 2010, the slogan 'Be Confident, Be Positive, the Future is in Your Hands' was adopted to encourage young people to be positive and proactive and to embrace opportunities for self- enrichment. Around 11 000 SYP activities were organised with more than one million people taking part in them2. The cost of holding these events was about $47 million, of which $16.8 million was donated by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. The balance was met by subvention from the Government and District Councils, private donation and participants' fees.

Websites

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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including activities organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department independently with its own source of funding.