SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1982
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ADDITIONALLY, TWO 37-METRE TURNABLE LADDERS HAVE BEEN ORDERED FROM WEST GERMANY AND ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
THE FIRE SERVICES AMBULANCE SERVICE RESPONDED TO ABOUT 250 000 CALLS, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 13 PER CENT OVER THE 1980 FIGURE.
AN ALL-TIME RECORD WAS REACHED ON DECEMBER 23, 1981 WHEN THE SERVICE REPONDED TO 885 CALLS IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
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SPECIAL TRAILS FOR JOGGERS
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THE GROWING POPULARITY OF JOGGING IN HONG KONG HAS RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY OF FIVE TRAILS INSIDE COUNTRY PARKS TO PROVIDE FOR THIS ACTIVITY.
THE TRAILS, LOCATED IN FOUR COUNTRY PARKS, PROVIDE A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO JOG, FREE FROM TRAFFIC, NOISE AND DUST POLLUTION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL TRAILS WILL BE ESTABLISHED WHEREVER SUITABLE ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE.
THESE NEW TRAILS INCLUDE THE RECEPTION RESERVOIR TRAIL AND THE SHEK LEI PUI RESERVOIR TRAIL IN THE KAM SHAN COUNTRY PARK- THE SHING MUN TRAIL IN THE SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK- THE SHING MUN CATCHWATER JOGGING TRAIL, WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE TAI MO SHAN COUNTRY PARK AND THE QUARRY BAY TRAIL IN THE COUNTRY PARK OF THE SAME NAME. ALL THESE TRAILS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE QUARRY BAY TRAIL, ARE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE TRAILS ARE ALREADY WELL-KNOWN TO KEEN JOGGERS AND MANY VISITORS TO THESE COUNTRY PARKS NOW FIND THEMSELVES SHARING THE FOOTPATHS WITH GROUPS OF JOGGERS,
ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE IMMEDIATE POPULARITY OF THESE NEW TRAILS IS THEIR EASY ACCESSIBILITY. THEY ARE ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM MAJOR TRANSPORT ROUTES.
THE TRAILS, WHICH RANGE FROM 1.5 KILOMETRES TO SIX KILOMETRES IN LENGTH, ARE ALL PROVIDED WITH CLEAR ENTRANCE SIGNS, WAYMARKS, DISTANCE MARKERS, MAPS AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION SIGNS SO THAT NO JOGGER SHOULD HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY IN CHARTING HIS OWN COURSE.
THE RECEPTION