SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1983
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TRAIL OPEN FOR HIKING AND COUNTRY WALKING
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THE TAI PO COUNTRY TRAIL, A 25-KILOMETRE SYSTEM OF DISTRICT TRAILS AND FOOTPATHS, IS OPEN FOR HIKING AND COUNTRY WALK ING.
FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE TRAIL RUNS FROM TAI PO KAU AND LAI CHI SHAN TO TAI PO VALLEY, UP AND ALONG THE HIGH RIDGES OVERLOOKING TAI PO FROM THE WEST, DESCENDING TO MA WO AND PUN CHUNG YUEN.
IT ALSO LINKS UP WITH THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL AND THE TAI MO SHAN AND SHING MUN COUNTRY PARKS.
THIS RECREATIONAL FACILITY IS A JOINT EFFORT OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, THE SURVEY OFFICE. THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
ACCESS TO THE TRAIL FROM THE TOWN AREA CAN BE MADE AT KAM SHAN, WAN TAU STREET UNDERPASS, THE NEW KCR TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE, HA WONG YI AU AND TAI PO KAU.
INFORMATION BOARDS SHOWING A DETAILED MAP OF THE ROUTE AND THE LOCATION OF REST AREAS AND VIEW FOINTS ARE BEING PUT UP AT THESE ENTRANCES,
ALONG THE TRAIL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SPOTS OF INTEREST TO PICNICKERS. THEY ARE:
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THE LAI CHI SHAN HILL WHICH OFFERS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE MANY LANDMARKS OF TAI PO AND TOLO HARBOUR ;
* THE WUN YIU VILLAGE WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1650 AND ONCE
FAMOUS FOR POTTERY MANUFACTURING;
* YUEN TUN HA, DESERTED VILLAGE BUILT IN THE MID 17TH
CENTURY AND HAS BEEN LEFT EMPTY SINCE 1980;
* THE TAOIST FUNG WONG MONASTERY, A PLACE OF WORSHIP
ON FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE BIRTHDAYS OF THE JADE EMPEROR (IN EARLY JANUARY) OR THE EIGHT IMMORTALS (BEGINNING OF AUGUST); AND
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LIN AU, A CLASSICAL EXAMPLE OF A SMALL TRADITIONAL VILLAGE IN WHICH THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL SINGLE OR TWO-STOREY, WHITE-PAINTED WITH TRADITIONAL TILED ROOFS AND ARRANGED IN TERRACES.
AN INFORMATION LEAFLET GIVING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY TRAIL, ILLUSTRATED WITH A ROUTE MAP, MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT.
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