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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1977
SECOND OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE. READY IN 1979
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A SECOND GOVERNMENT OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IS WELL INTO THE PLANNING STAGES AT TSO KUNG TAM PARK IN TSUEN WAN AND SHOULD BE READY FOR USE IN 1979, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. COLVYN HAYE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. LEUNG TAT-SHING, MR. HAYE SAID THIS SECOND CENTRE WOULD PROVIDE SPORTS AND RECREATION FACILITIES SIMILAR TO THOSE AT THE VERY POPULAR SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE.
COUNTRYS IDE PATHS SIGNPOSTED
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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES HAS ALREADY INITIATED A SYSTEM FOR INDICATING POPULAR WALKS IN THE COUNTRY PARKS BY MEANS OF COLOURED POSTS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THE HON. WILLIAM BELL, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV. THE HON. JOYCE BENNETT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR. BELL SAID THAT THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED AT TAI PO KAU, ABERDEEN AND SHING MUN, AND WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN FUTURE COUNTRY PARKS AS THESE WERE DESIGNATED.
HE ADDED THAT SOME PATHS WERE ALREADY SIGNPOSTED AND A SYSTEM RELATED TO THE COUNTRYSIDE MAPS WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION TO INDICATE REMAINING PATHS WHICH WERE NOT WITHIN THE COUNTRY PARKS.
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