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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1989
ALSO, VISITORS CAN WALK THROUGH A "TUNNEL OF CARE" AND EXPERIENCE A SITUATION SIMILAR TO TOTAL BLINDNESS. SOUND EFFECTS WILL BE BROADCAST INSIDE THE TUNNEL AND VISITORS WILL BE ABLE то EXPERIENCE HOW A BLIND PERSON FEELS IN HIS DAILY LIFE AND HOW TO REACT TO POSSIBLE DANGERS,
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY TODAY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, DR HENRIETTA IP: CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DISABLED - HONG KONG, DR HARRY FANG; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE "IN TOUCH WITH REHABILITATION" CAMPAIGN, MISS MARION FANG.
PUBLIC URGED TO JOIN 'CLEAN AND GREEN'
* * *
SCHEME
COUNTRY PARK VISITORS HAVE BEEN URGED TO "CLEAN AND GREEN" SCHEME 1989, THE SECOND PHASE OF TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
TAKE PART IN THE
WHICH WILL
START
THE SCHEME, AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE COUNTRY AUTHORITY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) TO THE MESSAGE OF THE NEED TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND WAS FORMALLY LAUNCHED ON NOVEMBER 5 THIS YEAR.
PARKS
SPREAD GREEN,
AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHEME WAS THE "CLEAN
GREEN" WALK WHICH WAS HELD ALONG 10 SECTIONS OF THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL ON SUNDAYS IN
600 PARTICIPANTS, NOVEMBER. IT SUCCESSFULLY DREW SOME
ABOUT 50 OF TRAIL WITHIN WHOM MANAGED TO COMPLETE MORE THAN SIX SECTIONS OF FOUR SUNDAYS AND WERE PRESENTED WITH SPECIAL SOUVENIRS.
THE
FROM THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SCHEME WILL BE ON JANUARY 21 NEXT YEAR.
TOMORROW TILL
TAKE DURING THIS PERIOD, COUNTRY PARK VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO
13 DESIGNATED SITES PART IN LITTER COLLECTION ACTIVITIES AT
INSIDE 9.30 AM POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS BETWEEN
PM." AND 4.30
AFD'S SENIOR COUNTRY PARK OFFICER. MR
LAI, C.W.
EXPLAINED.
CALL AT CLEAR WATER
SIMPLY "VISITORS WHO WISH TO JOIN THE ACTIVITIES CAN THE VISITOR CENTRES AT SAT KUNG, SHING MUN, PLOVER COVE, BAY AND ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARKS.
WARDEN POSTS AT COVE AND
HE SAID.
EIGHT "PARK WARDENS WILL ALSO BE ON DUTY AT LANTAU, QUARRY BAY, SAI KUNG, KAM SHAN, TAI MO SHAN, PLOVER PAT SIN LENG COUNTRY PARKS TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS,
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ON