SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1985
LEARN-BY-WALKING SCHEME ORGANISED ******
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS ORGANISING A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL WALKS ON HONG KONG'S POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS IN THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS, STARTING FROM OCTOBER 2 (WEDNESDAY).
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THE SCHEME AIMS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND OTHERS TO APPRECIATE THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT AND TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION,
SEVEN COUNTRY PARKS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE SCHEME MA ON SHAN, TAI LAM, PAT SIN LENG, ABERDEEN, SOUTH LANTAO, SHING MUN AND EAST SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARKS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE WALKS WOULD ONLY BE ARRANGED FOR SCHOOLS AND ORGANISED GROUPS WITH ADVANCE BOOKINGS, PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE OF PRIMARY 4 STANDARD OR ABOVE, AND SHOULD NOT EXCEED 40 IN NUMBER EACH TIME.
THE TWO-HOUR WALKS WILL TAKE THE FORM OF GUIDED TOURS DURING WHICH PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BRIEFED ON PLANTS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, TREE PLANTATIONS AND THEIR PROTECTION, LANDSCAPE, RAISING OF TREE SEEDLINGS AND COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION WORK.
WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION OF THOSE TO BE ORGANISED IN THE EAST SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, ALL EDUCATIONAL WALKS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS FROM 10 AM TO 12 NOON AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM.
VISITS TO THE EAST SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK WILL BE CARRIED OUT FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICANTS SHOULD CALL MR T.H. LIU OF THE DEPARTMENT'S EDUCATION UNIT AT 3-688111 EXT. 306 FOR PRELIMINARY BOOKINGS.
WALKING FOR HARMONY ***
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, WILL PERFORM THE STARTING-OFF CEREMONY OF A FAMILY WALK ORGANISED FOR MORE THAN 600 ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AT WAN CHAI GAP PARK TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT 10.45 AM.
THE ONE-HOUR WALK, FOLLOWED BY A CARNIVAL, A DRAWING COMPETITION AND A FRESCO PAINTING, IS ORGANISED BY THE YAN OI TONG'S WU CHUNG MULTI SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN TUEN MUN.
THE EVENT