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ALSO SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL WAS THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO SAID THAT THE SPECIAL AREAS WOULD IN TIME BE MOST VALUABLE TO NATURE EDUCATION CLASSES ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY, INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, AND SPECIAL IST VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES.
HE HOPED THAT THE FINANCE BRANCH WOULD RESPOND WITH ENTHUSIASM TO REQUESTS FOR PROVISION FOR A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT OF THE NECESSARY RESOURCES, INCLUDING QUALIF LED STAFF AND SUFFICIENT FUNDS,
HE SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT COULD UNDERTAKE, INCLUDING DEER PARKS, WHERE THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF LOCAL DEER WHICH HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AWAY BY URBAN ENCROACHMENT CAN BE COAXED OUT ONCE AGAIN INTO THE OPEN AND BE SEEN AT CLOSE QUARTERS BY THE PUBLIC.+
AS TO THE EGRET SANCTUARY NEAR SHA TAU KOK, +PERHAPS VIEWING STANDS AT RESPECTABLE DISTANCE COULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC TO WATCH AND LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ANNUAL VISITORS TO OUR SHORES,+ HE SAID.
HE ALSO SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A YOUTH LODGE OR HOSTEL IN ONE OR MORE OF THE LARGER COUNTRY PARKS, AND IMAGINATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPECIAL AREAS, BY WAY OF PLANNED SELECTION OF THEIR FLORISTIC CONTENT AND THEIR CAPACITY FOR WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS.+
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