Primary and secondary school students interested in joining the Jockey Club Student Drawing Competition of the Hong Kong Flower Show 2017 are invited to enrol through their schools by January 11.
 
     Organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), the competition will be held on March 10 at Victoria Park.
 
     The competition will be conducted in four categories: Junior Section in Primary School (Primary One to Primary Three), Senior Section in Primary School (Primary Four to Primary Six), Junior Section in Secondary School (Form One to Form Three) and Senior Section in Secondary School (Form Four to Form Six).
 
     The competition for the primary school categories will be held from 9am to noon, while that for the secondary school categories will be held from 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
 
     The competition will feature students' drawings of floral exhibits or garden displays in the showground with a view to enhancing awareness of conserving plants and the natural environment. Participants may draw or paint to illustrate the theme of this year's drawing competition, "Blossoms of Love".
 
     The prospectus and entry form can be downloaded from the LCSD webpage at www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/hkfs/2017/drawing.html. Completed forms should be signed by the principals of the participating schools and sent to the Chairperson of the Fringe Activities Sub-committee, Hong Kong Flower Show 2017, at Kowloon Park Management Office, 22 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, or submitted by fax (2314 7083) on or before January 11.
 
     For enquiries, please call 2314 0436.
 
     This year's flower show is one of the events celebrating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It will be held in Victoria Park for 10 days from March 10 to 19, featuring "Blossoms of Love" as the main theme and with the rose as the theme flower. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is supporting the flower show for the fifth consecutive year, and has been the Major Sponsor of the flower show since 2014.

Ends/Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Issued at HKT 18:55

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