MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1983
COUNTRY PARKS POPULAR
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MORE THAN 40 000 HECTARES OF SCENIC HILL LAND IN HONG KONG HAVE NOW BEEN DESIGNATED AS COUNTRY PARKS, CONSTITUTING ABOUT 40 PER CENT OF TOTAL LAND AREA IN THE TERRITORY, AND THESE LAST YEAR ATTRACTED MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION VISITS.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED TODAY (MONDAY) BY MRS MADELEINE TANG, A MEMBER OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN EXHIBITION DISPLAYING ABOUT 200 PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN THE COUNTRY PARKS.
THE EXHIBITION, ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE UNITED CENTRE IN QUEENSWAY, IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY ADMINISTERED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF HONG KONG AND ELEGANT COLOUR PHOTO CENTRE
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MRS TANG SAID: BY CO-SPONSORING THIS EXCELLENT DISPLAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS WE HOPE TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY AS A VERY ATTRACTIVE HOBBY, AND VERY APPROPRIATE ACTIVITY IN COUNTRY PARKS.
+LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY DEVELOPS IN PHOTOGRAPHER AND VISITOR ALIKE AN INTEREST IN VEGETATION, LAND FORMS AND ALL OTHER FACTORS WHICH TOGETHER MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPE, SHE SAID.
MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS, THINK HONG KONG IS A HIGHLY DEVELOPED CITY WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PEOPLE AND HARDLY ANY COUNTRYSIDE, SHE SAID.
+THIS IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH. IN FACT THERE ARE 40 000 HECTARES OF SCENIC HILL LAND WHICH ARE NOW DESIGNATED AS COUNTRY PARKS.
+LAST YEAR MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION VISITS WERE MADE TO THESE COUNTRY PARKS, SHE SAID.
SHE URGED VISITORS TO PUT THE IR LITTER INTO THE BINS PROVIDED OR ELSE TAKE IT HOME, AND TO EXTINGUISH ALL FIRES BEFORE LEAVING.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE ORGANISERS PRESENTED PRIZES TO THE WINNERS OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION FROM WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON DISPLAY WERE CHOSEN.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON DISPLAY WERE CHOSEN FROM MORE THAN 5 000 ENTRIES SUBMITTED BY PHOTOGRAPHIC ENTHUSIASTS WHO WENT TO THE PARKS ON EIGHT SEPARATE OUTINGS LAST YEAR. THE EXHIBITION CLOSES ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 29).
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