Green Hong Kong Campaign

The Provisional Urban Council's Green Hong Kong Campaign is in its
fourth year and continues to focus on three elements: community
involvement, education and tree-planting. For the first time, a 'King of
Hong Kong' Urban Trees Competition was organised to enhance 'green
consciousness' where citizens were encouraged to nominate trees in their
neighbourhood.

The activity was well received by tree experts, green groups and the
public. The Green Hong Kong Ambassador Scheme continued to expand
and was extended to cover simple maintenance of street trees. Other
community involvement programmes such as the District Community
Planting Days and the Scented Flower Exhibition also attracted a good
level of public support. The biennial Green School Award Competition
was held in December and attracted over 160 entries, double the 1995
figure. To complement the major annual planting programme in parks and
highways, some 1 400 standard trees and 20 000 saplings were planted
along streets and on hill slopes respectively in order to make the city
greener.

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