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Secretary for Home Affairs Dr Patrick Ho today (March 21) appealed to capital projects professionals, including town planners, architects, engineers, landscape architects and horticulturists, to assist the Government in achieving its greening objectives.

"The Government's greening work is aimed at increasing significantly the number of green areas in the urban districts, raising the standard and quality of existing green areas, and seizing every opportunity for greening in the planning and development stages of public works projects," Dr Ho told the presentation ceremony of the Outstanding Greening Project Award 2002.

Echoing the Chief Executive's Policy Address on greening, Dr Ho said: "The Government's greening policy is designed to enrich the quality of life for all through massive planting of trees and shrubs, and to carry out proper maintenance and conservation of trees and plants."

He said the obstacles associated with greening efforts in a densely populated, highly urbanized city like Hong Kong could be overcome with the support of professionals in the field.

"It is hoped that with the joint efforts of the community and the Government, we can build an environment-friendly city," he added.

The biennial Outstanding Greening Project Award is organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), in co-operation with the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects and the Institute of Horticulture (Hong Kong).

The awards scheme is designed to promote environmental consciousness, foster awareness and recognition of the landscape and horticulture professions, and encourage good professional practices. Prizes are awarded in six categories -- greening concept, greening effect, horticultural maintenance, landscape design, planning/research and soft landscape works.

The programme received 55 entries from individuals, private firms, Government departments and public bodies. Panels that included landscape architects, horticulturists and environmentalists selected 22 winners, out of which one grand award was given.

The awardees are as follows:

 Award           Project Name                Nominee
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 Grand Award    Tuen Mun Park          Tuen Mun District 
                              Leisure Services Office, LCSD
 
 Silver and Merit Awards
 
 Category: Greening Concept 
 Silver Award       Towards a new       Leslie H.C.CHEN,
             greening concept through   Raymond C.K. HO,
          community Involvement :       Ringo C. H. LEE
            User Configurable 
         Landscape Architectural Design
 
 Merit Award     Central Pedestrian Schemes  Urbis Limited
 
 Category: Greening Effect
 Merit Award   Erosion Control      Territory Development
               Planting Works            Department
         (Projects from 1990's onwards)
 
 Merit Award    The Rehabilitation  Lamma RockProducts Ltd.
                 of Lamma Quarry
 Merit Award    Urban Greening -        Toyo Greenland
              Vegetation System on       Company Ltd.
              Steep Concrete Slope 
 
 Category: Horticultural Maintenance
 (a) Private Sector
 Silver Award   Sceneway Garden       Cheung Kong Holdings
                         Goodwell Property Management Ltd.
 Merit Award    Lush Green Foliage Management   Well Born 
                               Real Estate Management Ltd.
 Merit Award    Glorious Garden       Chevalier Property
                                        Management Ltd
 
 (b) Public Sector
 Silver Award    Tuen Mun Park          Tuen Mun District
                            Leisure Services Office, LCSD
 
 Silver Award    Leisure Garden of Hong Kong     Sai Kung
                   District Leisure Services Office, LCSD
 
 Merit Award     Ma On Shan Park         Sha Tin District
                            Leisure Services Office, LCSD
 
 Merit Award     Hoi Sham Park      Kowloon City District
                            Leisure Services Office, LCSD
 
 Merit Award     Harcourt Road Amenity Plot    Central & 
                   District Landscape            Western 
                   Improvement Works     Leisure Services
                                             Office, LCSD
 
 Merit Award     Beautification work on    North District
              roadside Services amenity areas     Leisure
                   in North District         Office, LCSD
 
 Merit Award     Kowloon Park      Yau Tsim Mong District
                            Leisure Services Office, LCSD
 
 Category : Landscape Design
 Silver Award    Cheung Kong Park            Belt Collins 
                                             Hong Kong Ltd
 
 Merit Award    Landscape Garden at          Architectural
                 Lai King Building,    Services Department
             Princess Margaret Hospital   
 
 Merit Award     Oscar by the Sea               Hong Chui 
                                       Consultants Co. Ltd
 
 Merit Award   Improvement to Victoria Park   Architectural
                                        Services Department
 
 Category: Planning/Research
 Merit Award     Report on Trial of         Landscape Unit,
                  Wetland Plants at     Highways Department
            the San Tin Created Wetland
 
 Category: Soft landscape Works 
 Merit Award     Park Island                     Hong Chui
                                        Landscape Co. Ltd.
 
 Merit Award   Soft Landscape Works       Islands District
                at Vacant Leisure         Services Office,
         Government Land (Development Site 
         of District Open Space at Area 18, 
                LCSD Tung Chung)

Also present at the ceremony were Director of Leisure and Cultural Services Ms Anissa Wong; Sir David Akers-Jones, patron of the Institute of Horticulture (Hong Kong); Mr Stan Fung, president of Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architecture; and the Head of the Adjudication Panel, Professor Liu Bin-yi of Tongji University, Shanghai.

End/Friday, March 21, 2003

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