SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1987
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POPULAR COUNTRYSIDE WALKS TO START IN OCTOBER
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT 18 ORGANISING, FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL WALKS FOR STUDENTS AND COUNTRYSIDE LOVERS TO HONG KONG'S POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS IN THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS, STARTING FROM OCTOBER 1.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (SATURDAY), THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ BETTER UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT AND ΤΟ INCREASE THEIR
AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.
POPULAR AND
COUNTRYSIDE
"OVER THE YEARS, THE SCHEME HAS PROVED TO BE VERY IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING DEMAND, WE HAVE SELECTED MORE LOCATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S PROJECT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT, HE SAID.
THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM SEVEN AT THE START TO 13 FOR THIS YEAR'S SCHEME. THEY INCLUDE HONG KONG HERBARIUM, SHING MUN ARBORETUM, TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY, TAI PO KAU NATURE RESERVE AND THE MOST POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, ON LANTAU ISLAND AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR CHEUNG SAID: "SHING MUN ARBORETUM AND TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY ARE TWO LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN OUR ANNUAL PROGRAMME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1983."
HE SAID THE WALKS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS AND ORGANISED GROUPS WITH ADVANCE BOOKINGS. PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE OF PRIMARY 4 STANDARD OR ABOVE AND THE NUMBER ADMITTED PER VISIT WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO 40.
THE WALKS, EACH LASTING ABOUT TWO HOURS, WILL TAKE THE FORM OF GUIDED TOURS DURING WHICH PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BRIEFED ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, TREE PLANTATIONS AND THEIR PROTECTION, LANDSCAPE AND LOCAL FEATURES, TREE NURSERY AND COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION WORK.
WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION OF THE VISITS TO SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY, SHING MUN ARBORETUM AND HONG KONG HERBARIUM, ALL EDUCATION WALKS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS FROM 10 AM TO NOON AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM.
VISITS TO THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK WILL BE ARRANGED FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY WHILE VISITS TO TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY ARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAYS ONLY. GUIDED VISITS TO SHING MUN ARBORETUM AND HONG KONG HERBARIUM ARE CONDUCTED ON SATURDAY MORNINGS ONLY,
THOSE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING SHOULD TELEPHONE MR T.H. OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSERVATION EDUCATION UNIT AT 3-7332121 PRELIMINARY BOOKINGS.
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