SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1992
COUNTRY PARK TREE WALKS OFFICIALLY OPEN
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COUNTRY PARK VISITORS ARE NOW ABLE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TREES DURING THEIR LEISURE COUNTRYSIDE TOUR WITH THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE TERRITORY'S 10 TREE WALKS THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
ABERDEEN, POK FU
THE TREE WALKS ARE SITUATED RESPECTIVELY IN LAM, QUARRY BAY, TAI TAM, TAI TAN, KAM SHAN, KEI LING HA, ΤΑΙ TONG, PAK TAM CHUNG AND NAM SHAN COUNTRY PARKS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT AS TREE WALKS WERE OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS, VISITORS COULD CHOOSE ACCORDING TO THEIR INTEREST, ACCESSIBILITY AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITY.
ONE CAN TREAD ON THE LONGEST TREE WALK
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POK FU LAM WHICH SPANS A TOTAL OF 2,300 METRES, OR WALK ALONG THE SHORTEST 135-METRE TAI TAM WALK.
THESE WALKS FEATURE AN INTERESTING MIXTURE OF EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS TREE SPECIES, OFFERING VISITORS AN IDEAL PLACE ΤΟ APPRECIATE THE GRACE OF THEIR DIVERSE FORMS AND SHAPES.
SPEAKING AT THE WALKS' OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY AT THE QUARRY BAY TREE WALK, THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S CHAIRMAN, MR CARLOS CHBUNG HON-KAU, SAID THESE TREE-LINED PATHS COULD SERVE BOTH RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
VISITORS CAN EASILY OBTAIN USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT INTERESTING TREE SPECIES FROM INTERPRETATIVE STEEL PLATES INSTALLED ALONG THE WALKS.
"THEY MAY ALSO BRING ALONG BOOKS ON TREES AND TAKE A SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF THESE WALKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COUNTRYSIDE TREES," MR CHEUNG SAID.
HE SAID THE COMPLETION BY AFD OF THE TERRITORY'S 10 TREE WALKS, THE FIRST WAS SET UP IN ABERDEEN IN 1990, MARKED ANOTHER BIG STEP FORWARD IN COUNTRYSIDE RECREATION, CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION.
MR CHEUNG SAID A BOOK ON THE TREE WALKS HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY AFD AND DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS. THE PUBLICATION WOULD BE A USEFUL REFERENCE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TAKING FIELD TRIPS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
HE HOPED THAT PEOPLE COULD MAKE FULL USE OF THESE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND TRANSLATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE INTO APPRECIATION, CONCERN AND CARE FOR TREES AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE AFD DIRECTOR, DR LAWRENCE LEE, AND OTHER COUNTRY PARKS BOARD MEMBERS.
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