SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1987
FIRST COMMUNITY-BUILT COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRE OPENED
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THE FIRST COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRE FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY WAS OPENED AT THE CLEAR WATER BAY COUNTRY PARK TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.
THE SECOND PURPOSE-BUILT VISITOR CENTRE AFTER THE ONE AT PAK TAM CHUNG IN THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, THE CLEAR WATER BAY COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRE BRINGS TO FOUR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITOR CENTRES IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS.
THE OTHER TWO SMALLER CENTRES IN ABERDEEN AND TAI MEI TUK WERE CONVERTED FROM OLD OFFICE BUILDINGS.
OCCUPYING AN AREA OF SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 90 SQUARE METRES IN TAI HANG TUN, A POPULAR KITE FLYING AND PICNIC AREA, THE NEW CENTRE WAS BUILT AT A COST OF $500 000. THE PROJECT WAS CONCEIVED AND FUNDED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON AND DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY ITS MEMBERS.
IN HIS ADDRESS, DR LEE SAID THAT THE OPENING OF THE NEW CENTRE MARKED A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
+ I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE COUNTRY PARKS PROGRAMME WOULD NOT COME TO FULL FRUITION UNLESS IT WAS TO BENEF IT ADDITIONALLY FROM THE GOODWILL AND CO-OPERATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
+ I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF SUCH A POSITIVE AND PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF THAT GOODWILL,
HE ADDED.
JOINING DR LEE IN TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE CLUB'S PRESIDENT, MR EDWARD S.T. HO; THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY, AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO.
DR LEE SAID THAT THE MAIN FUNCTION OF A VISITOR CENTRE IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN A POPULAR COUNTRY PARK.
+1 AM SURE THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF VISITORS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS CENTRE AND HAVE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE RESOURCES AND THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION, HE SAID.
DR LEE LATER PRESENTED A SOUVENIR TO MR EDWARD HO IN RECOGNITION OF THE CLUB'S CONTRIBUTION AND UNVEILED A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW CENTRE.
THE CLEAR WATER BAY COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRE WHICH FEATURES A SKYLIGHT CEILING CONSISTS OF AN EXHIBITION AREA WITH A LARGE GLASS PANEL COMMANDING A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NINEPIN GROUP.
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