WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1979
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PLAY EQUIPMENT FOR COUNTRY PARKS
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MORE FUN AND EXERCISE EQUIPMENT ARE TO BE INSTALLED TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS VISITING COUNTRY PARKS.
TO COPE WITH THE DEMAND, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL BE INSTALLING ANOTHER 16 SETS OF THE EQUIPMENT IN VARIOUS COUNTRY PARKS.
THE EQUIPMENT, CURRENTLY EXTREMELY POPULAR AMONG YOUNG VISITORS, IS BEING ORDERED FROM THE UNITED STATES.
IT INCLUDES CLIMBING APPARATUS WITH MULTI-LEVEL PLATFORMS, SWING BRIDGES, HANGING RINGS, TYRES AND SLIDES, A VARIETY OF FRAMES FOR BALANCING AND LOG CABINS.
ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRY PARKS PLANNING OFFICER, MISS SUE MORT, THE EQUIPMENT WOULD COST THE GOVERNMENT $154,000.
+ON ARRIVAL, THEY WILL BE PUT UP AT KOWLOON HILL, BRIDE'S POOL,
SAI KUNG AND IN LANTAU ISLAND COUNTRY PARKS, SHE SAID.
LAST YEAR, SHE SAID, THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS DONATED 13 UNITS WHICH WERE SET UP IN PLOVER COVE, ABERDEEN, TAI TAM, KOWLOON HILL AND SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARKS.
+THE PURCHASE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT IS PART OF OUR CONTINUING EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE VARIED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN IN COUNTRY PARKS, SHE SAID.
THE EQUIPMENT IS MOSTLY MADE FROM WOOD WHICH BLENDS WELL WITH THE COUNTRYSIDE IN WHICH IT IS SITED. THE UNITS ARE EASY TO ASSEMBLE AND ARE PROVING DURABLE IN HONG KONG'S CLIMATE.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT ALL ITEMS ARE DESIGNED FOR SAFETY AS WELL AS FOR MAXIMUM ENJOYMENT.
+LOCKING DEVICES HAVE NO SHARP EDGES- CLIMBING POLES AND LADDERS ARE MADE OF GALVANISED STEEL TO PREVENT RUST, AND SAND PITS WILL BE PROVIDED UNDERNEATH THE UNITS FOR SAFETY,+ MISS MORT SAID.
+ALTHOUGH THESE ACTION-PACKED CLIMBERS ARE MEANT FOR CHILDREN, EXPERIENCE HAVE SHOWN THAT EVEN ADULTS HAVE THE URGE TO CLIMB THEM AND WE HAVE HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING GROWN-UPS OFF THEM, SHE ADDED.
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