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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988
NEW ERA IN COUNTRY PARK RECREATION DEVELOPMENT
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ENTERED A RECREATION DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS
THE OPENING OF A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED CYCLING SITE IN TAI MONG TSAI IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.
NEW ERA TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH
THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT CYCLING FACILITY IN THE
ATTRACTING SYSTEM, THE SITE IS A PILOT PROJECT AIMED AT CYCLISTS TO PURSUE THEIR ACTIVITIES OFF THE HIGHWAYS.
THE SITE
COMPRISES
A 450-METRE
ACCESS
COUNTRY PARKS
TRACK, CYCLING
CIRCULAR CYCLING TRACK, A 2,000-SQUARE-METRE SHELTER AND PICNIC FACILITIES. THE COST WAS $500,000.
RECREATIONAL
A 250-METRE
GROUND AND
WORKS ON IN PROGRESS
THE SURFACING OF THE TRACKS HAS BEEN COMPLETED WHILE THE CYCLING GROUND AND SHELTER AND PICNIC FACILITIES ARE AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR.
DIRECTOR
THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE
OF THE CHAIRMEN
THE PROJECT WAS JOINTLY UNVEILED THIS MORNING BY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, AND OXLEY, CLIVE RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG AND MR WILLIAM WAN.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE CYCLING RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, THE
COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB TRACK WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AND A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS MORNING'S CEREMONY WERE THE FIRST TO USE THE NEW FACILITY.
BY THE COUNTRY
HE WAS HAPPY TO DR LEE SAID AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY THAT SEE THE PILOT PROJECT REACH FRUITION IN THE CONTINUING EFFORT COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY TO UPGRADE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN PARKS.
"IF THE PROJECT PROVES SUCCESSFUL, CONSIDERATION WILL BE
HE ADDED. TO EXTENDING IT TO OTHER POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS,
H
GIVEN
PART OF FORMED
AN ACTIVITY PROGRAMME THE OPENING CEREMONY
IN THE MORNING AND EARLY PREPARED FOR COUNTRY PARKS BOARD MEMBERS
VIEW
THE DEVELOPMENTS RECENT
COUNTRY IN PART OF THE AFTERNOON TO PARKS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE
DEPARTMENT'S
ASSISTANT
PARK
(CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS), MR K.C. IU, BOARD MEMBERS THE NEW MANAGEMENT CENTRE IN THE MA ON SHAN COUNTRY WERE BRIEFED ON THE RECREATION DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA.
COUNTRY THEY LATER VISITED HOI HA WAN IN SAI KUNG THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS STUDYING THE OF SETTING UP A MARINE RESERVE TO PROTECT AND MANAGE MARINE AND TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC.
WAN SITE IS A
SHELTERED
BAY THE HOI HA NORTHERN COASTLINE OF SAI KUNG PENINSULA AND COVERS HECTARES. THE AREA IS RICH IN CORALS.
DIRECTOR INSPECTED WHERE THEY
PARK WHERE
FEASIBILITY RESOURCES
SITUATED AN AREA
AT THE
OF
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