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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1987
TSIU HANG SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATED
TWO STRIPS OF LAND AT TSIU HANG, JOINED BY MA ON SHAN COUNTRY PARK IN THE NORTHERN PART OF PAK SHA WAN PENINSULA, HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED A SPECIAL AREA FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC VALUE.
THE DESIGNATION, MADE UNDER THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE, WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE SPECIAL AREA COVERS 24 HECTARES OF GOVERNMENT LAND. ITS WESTERN PART COMPRISES MAINLY THE FORMER SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT FARM WHILE ITS EASTERN PORTION IS AN EIGHT-HECTARE SITE OF NATURAL WOODLAND AND GRASSLAND OF HIGH LANDSCAPE VALUE.
IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION BY THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE FIELD STUDIES THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
CENTRE RUN CENTRE OF
THE SENIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (COUNTRYSIDE) AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR F. Y. WONG, SAID VIEW OF ITS HIGH SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE, THE AREA DEVELOPED AS THE FIRST COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE IN THE TERRITORY.
OF THE THAT IN WILL BE
"THE MAIN FEATURE OF THE CENTRE WILL BE A GOOD COLLECTION OF LOCAL AND EXOTIC FRUIT PLANTS, ORNAMENTAL AND TIMBER-PRODUCING TREES AND PLANTS OF MEDICINAL AND BOTANICAL VALUE WHICH HAVE GROWN IN THE AREA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
"OTHER ATTRACTIONS WILL INCLUDE DISPLAYS OF LOCAL ROCKS AND MINERALS, INSECTS, BIRDS AND LOCAL WILDLIFE, AND EXHIBITS ON NATURE CONSERVATION AND RURAL HERITAGE," HE SAID.
A VISITOR OF PUBLIC DISPLAYS, IMPORTANCE OF NATURE
MR WONG SAID THERE WERE ALSO PLANS TO BUILD INFORMATION CENTRE IN THIS AREA AND TO PROVIDE A VARIETY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING GUIDED TRAILS AND OUTDOOR TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSERVATION.
HE SAID THE COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE WOULD INITIALLY BE OPENED TO SCHOOL PARTIES EARLY NEXT YEAR. WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED BY 1993, WOULD PROVIDE AN OUTDOOR EDUCATION AREA FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE DESIGNATION OF THE TSIU HANG SPECIAL AREA WAS ENDORSED THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD. THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD ALSO PLEDGED FULL SUPPORT.
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