THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1992
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LEAFLET ON COUNTRY PARK TREE WALKS
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A LEAFLET ON THE TERRITORY'S COUNTRY PARK TREE WALKS PUBLISHED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS NOW AVAILABLE FREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY CAN EITHER PICK UP A COPY FROM THE RECEPTION COUNTER OF THE DEPARTMENT ON 12TH FLOOR, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD OR THE MANAGEMENT CENTRES OF THE COUNTRY PARKS WHERE THE TREE WALKS ARE LOCATED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE LEAFLET WOULD PROVIDE
'TO AMPLE INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO WISH
LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCALLY GROWN TREE SPECIES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
"FREQUENT VISITORS TO COUNTRY PARKS WILL CERTAINLY FIND THE HANDY LEAFLET USEFUL BECAUSE IT PROV 1 DES THEM WITH INFORMATION ON SELF-GUIDED TOUR OF THESE WALKS, WHICH FEATURE AN INTERESTING MIXTURE OF EXOTIC AND INDIGENOUS TREE SPECIES, HE SAID.
LISTS,
APART FROM AN INTRODUCTION
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ON THE TREE WALKS, THE LEAFLET
IN BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES, ALL TREE SPECIES GROWN EACH TREE WALK.
IN
A LOCATION MAP OF EACH WALK, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE NEAREST COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT CENTRE, AND ITS RELATIVE LENGTH ARE ALSO INCLUDED FOR USERS' REFERENCE.
PARKS, THE ΤΟ VISITORS
AS THESE TREE WALKS ARE ALL LOCATED INSIDE COUNTRY
COUNTRY LEAFLET ALSO CONTAINS THE
CODF WHICH REMINDS RESPECT THE COUNTRYSIDE AND NOT TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE ANY VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE INSIDE THE PARKS.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE LEAFLET WOULD ALSO BE A USEFUL REFERENCE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TAKING FIELD TRIPS IN THESE PLACES.
THE 10 TREE WALES WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LER AND THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S CHAIRMAN, MR CARLOS CHRUNG, TWO WEEKS AGO.
FU
[A] TONG,
THEY ARE SITUATED IN VARIOUS COUNTRY PARKS IN ABERDEEN, TOK
IJA. LAM, QUARRY BAY, TAI TAM, TAI TAN, KAM SHAN, KEL LING PAK TAM CHUNG AND NAM SHAN.
ENQUIRIES ON THESE WALKS CAN RE DIRECTED TO THE SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS TEL 733 2121.
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