By Meng Jia
孟佳
Representatives from the PLA Hong Kong Garrison participate in the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Tree Planting Day together with representatives from various sectors of Hong Kong on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Liang Dongdong)
4月20日，驻港部队官兵代表与香港社会各界代表一起参加植树日活动启动典礼。（梁东东 摄）
HONG KONG, Apr. 22 -- More than 200 representatives from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison participated in the Hong Kong Tree Planting Day at Tsiu Hang, Sai Kung District in Hong Kong together with local people on April 20.
香港4月22日电 中国人民解放军驻香港部队200余名官兵代表20日前往香港西贡蕉坑参加香港植树日活动，香港市民一同参与活动。
Around 10:00 am, representatives from the PLA Hong Kong Garrison and various sectors of Hong Kong attended the opening ceremony. Following the ceremony, the military representatives went to the planting area with local people and planted more than 6,000 saplings.
上午10时许，驻香港部队官兵代表与香港社会各界代表一起参加启动典礼。仪式过后，官兵代表和香港市民一同前往植树区，栽种6000余棵树苗。
Soldiers from the PLA Hong Kong Garrison said that the tree planting activity had not only promoted their environmental awareness and beautified the environment of Hong Kong, but also enhanced the ties between the garrison and Hong Kong people.
现场官兵表示，植树活动不仅传播了环保意识，美化了香港环境，还增进了驻香港部队官兵与香港市民的联系和感情。
It is learned that the Hong Kong Tree Planting Day was launched in 1998 and has become a symbolic event for environmental protection in Hong Kong. The PLA Hong Kong Garrison has already dispatched about 18,200 members to attend the event, winning wide praise from various sectors of Hong Kong.
据悉，香港植树日自1998年开始设立，是香港全民环保的标志性活动。驻香港部队已累计派出约1.82万人次参加，受到香港社会各界广泛好评。
A female soldier from the PLA Hong Kong Garrison plants a sapling with a child on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Yi Ding)
4月20日，驻港部队官兵代表与小朋友一起植树。（易定 摄）
