PR 33
香港政府
GIS新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE
AT THE OPENING OF THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL
ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1979
Thank you (Mr. Nichols) for your kind words of welcome.
It is a great pleasure for me to open this trail.
It stretches over 60 miles, from the beaches of Sai Kung
to the edge of Tuen Mun and its construction was a great idea, from
which a lot of people will get fun and fitness and fresh air, and
the advantage of seeing beautiful parts of Hong Kong they never
knew existed. It is also typical of the imagination and drive with
which the Country Parks Authority does his job. He started off as
"Mr. Agriculture and Fisheries" but he has become "Mr. Recreation".
to me.
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The energy of the Authority has been a great encouragement
Of course in the urban areas we must have as many football
fields and games halls and swimming complexes and play areas as we
but in so crowded a city there will never be space for enough
open-air activities. So we must develop and preserve and beautify our
great tracts of mountain, valley and coast. This is exactly what the
Country Parks Authority with its large and enthusiastic staff are
doing and in opening the trail I would like to congratulate them on
their work.
I now have much pleasure in declaring open this trail.
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