SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1985
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FOREST TRAIL BOOKLET ON SALE
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED
A BOOKLET ON KAP LUNG FOREST TRAIL IN TAI MO SHAN.
THE 32-PAGE BOOKLET CONSISTS OF AN INTRODUCTION ON THE TRAIL WHICH IS THE FIRST IN HONG KONG WITH MORE THAN 40 DIFFERENT KINDS OF TREES.
OTHER CHAPTERS CONCERN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, FOREST ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT, CARRYING DESCRIPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF VARIOUS PLANTS THAT CAN BE SEEN ALONG THE 4.5-KILOMETRE TRIAL.
THERE IS ALSO A MAP SHOWING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TRAIL WHICH IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT TREES FLANKING THE TRAIL ARE LABELLED FOR VISITORS' EASY IDENTIFICATION.
+ THE TRAIL OFFERS STUDENTS AND NATURE-LOVERS EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND ENJOY THE WOODLAND VEGETATION,+ HE SAID.
THE BOOKLET IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE AT $12 A COPY. IT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, 2 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.
LITTERBUGS ON WHEELS BETTER WATCH OUT
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MANY SELFISH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS LIKE TO KEEP THEIR VEHICLES CLEAN BUT FOUL PUBLIC AREAS BY THROWING RUBBISH, CIGARETTE ENDS AND EMPTY SOFT DRINK CANS FROM THE IR VEHICLES, LEAVING A TRAIL OF LITTER BEHIND THEM.
AND MANY OF THEM MAY ASSUME THAT THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW CANNOT REACH THEM SINCE THEIR VEHICLES MOVE FASTER THAN THE LEGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
BUT STATISTICS PROVE THAT THEY CANNOT BE MORE WRONG AS A TOTAL OF 162 SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED TO VEHICLE OWNERS OR DRIVERS LAST YEAR FOR LITTERING OFFENCES RESULTING IN FINES TOTALLING SOME $40 000.
AMONG THE OFFENDERS, ONE LORRY DRIVER WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DUMPING REFUSE ON A HILLSIDE AT CAPE COLLISON ROAD IN CHAI WAN WAS FINED $1 000.
/THE CHIEF
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