Civil Service Volunteer Action Launching Ceremony cum Tree Planting Day The Civil Service Volunteer Action Launching Ceremony cum Tree Planting Day was held at Tai Lam Country Park (Tai Tong), Yuen Long on 12 May 2007.  Secretary for the Civil Service, Miss Denise Yue and Acting Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Mr Lau Sin-pang led some 300 civil servants and their family members to plant saplings at the Country Park. Heads of departments, including Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Andrew Wong; Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Mrs Alice Lau; Director of Fire Services, Mr Kwok Jing-keung; Director of Accounting Services, Mrs Lucia Li; Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services, Mr Ho Kwong-wai; Chief Staff Officer of Civil Aid Service, Mr Liu Chi-keung; and Secretary General for the Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service, Ms Michelle Li also led their colleagues to take part in the events. Miss Yue unveiled a monument for this particular event before all the participants started to plant the saplings at the planting site. The launch of the Civil Service Volunteer Action is a continuation and enhancement of the Civil Service Volunteer Work Programme which has been implemented since 2002. This is to encourage more civil servants to take part in voluntary services and to use their spare time to help the underprivileged and to serve the community. SCS's speech at the Launching Ceremony Press release