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Members of the public are invited to participate in the Country Parks Hiking and Planting Day to be jointly held by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and Friends of the Country Parks on three Sundays in March and April.
Dates and locations of the tree planting activities are as follows:
March 8 Tai Leng Tung, Clear Water Bay
Country Park
March 22 Tai Lam Chung Country Trail,
Tai Lam Country Park
April 12 Nei Lak Shan, Lantau North Country Park
An AFCD spokesman said today (February 23), "People who wish to participate should enrol in person at the registration point from 9am to 10.30am. Due to limited planting space, enrolment will close once the quota is full. The AFCD will provide seedlings and planting tools.
"The activities are to promote public involvement in countryside conservation work and enhance awareness of nature conservation and tree preservation."
The spokesman reminded participants to select an appropriate planting site taking into account their physical ability and hiking experience as the walking distance from the registration point to the planting sites varies from about one hour to one and half hours with an uphill walk.
Details of the activities and registration points are available on the AFCD's website: www.natureintouch.gov.hk/treeplanting.
All the seedlings for the tree planting activities were raised in the AFCD's tree nursery at Tai Tong, Yuen Long. About 550,000 tree seedlings were planted in country parks last year by various organisations, the public and country park staff.
For enquiries about the Country Parks Hiking and Planting Day, please call 2778 2275 or email nature@afcd.gov.hk.
Ends/Monday, February 23, 2015
Issued at HKT 16:01
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