WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1978
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DIRECTION SIGNS IN COUNTRY PARKS
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DIRECTION SIGNS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS TO ASSIST HIKERS IN THE WOODLANDS, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, THE HON. TED NICHOLS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. PETER C. WONG.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT, AS THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY, HAS ERECTED DIRECTION SIGNS IN THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK. DIRECTION SIGNS WITHIN OTHER COUNTRY PARKS, SUCH AS SHING MUN, KAM SHAN AND TAI PO KAU, TAKE THE FORM OF COLOURED WALKS MARKED ON POSTS IN THE GROUND. THEY ARE FURTHER EXPLAINED
IN THE RELEVANT COUNTRY PARKS PAMPHLETS.
HE ADDED THAT FURTHER DIRECTION SIGNS WOULD BE
PROVIDED AS COUNTRY PARK PLANS WERE PROGRESSIVELY IMPLEMENTED.
+ IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, LANTAU AND THE PAT SIN RANGE WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY AND SIGNS SHOULD BE ERECTED THERE THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
TWO BILLS PASSED
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TWO BILLS WERE PASSED INTO LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THEY WERE THE DANGEROUS DRUGS
THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT AMENDMENT) BILL 1978 AND
(NO. 2) BILL 1978.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
DHA TO VISIT PO LEUNG KUK SCHOOL
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THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. AUGUSTINE KAM CHUT, WILL PAY AN INSPECTION VISIT TO THE PO LEUNG KUK WU CHUNG COLLEGE AT WILLOW STREET, TAI KOK TSUI AT 2.30 P.M. TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE SCHOOL, OPENED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, IS SUBVENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE 18 CLASSROOMS, THREE LABORATORIES, FIVE SPECIAL ROOMS, AN ASSEMBLY HALL AND A BASKETBALL COURT.
DURING THE VISIT, MR. CHUI WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KUK, MR. MERVYN SHIU-CHUN LAW VICE-CHAIRMEN MR. C.B. CHUI AND MR. LI SZE-KING AND OTHER DIRECTORS OF THE KUK.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO OVER THE VISIT.