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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1974
NEW PICNIC SIGNS IN RECREATION AREAS
TWO NEW SYMBOLIC SIGNS ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO INDICATE THE TWO TYPES OF PICNIC SPOTS IN RURAL RECREATION AREAS MANAGED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
THE SIGNS IDENTIFY 'APPROVED BARBECUE PLACES' WHERE BARBECUES MAY BE HELD ON THE GRILLS PROVIDED, AND PICNIC PLACES' WITHOUT CRILLS WHERE BARBECUES ARE PROHIBITED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID: +THE NEW SIGNS ARE PART OF A PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO FIRE HAZARDS, AND TO THE PROPER USE OF THEIR COUNTRYSIDE.
+WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. LAST FIRE SEASON THERE WAS A RECORD TOTAL OF OVER 1,000 HILL FIRES, AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT VERY HANY VERE THE RESULT OF PICNICKERS' CARELESSNESS+.
THE NEW +PICNIC PLACE+ SIGNS DEPICT PICNICKERS ENJOYING THEIR HEALS AT A PICNIC TABLE AND BENCHES, COMPRISE BLACK FIGURES ON A WHITE BACKGROUND. USING THE SAME COLOUR SCHEME, THE +APPROVED BARBECUE PLACE+ SIGNS PICTURE A BARBECUE PIT AND FORKS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE NEW SIGNS ARE TO BE INCOPORATED INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE MAPS ISSUED BY THE CROUN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
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+WITH THE USE OF THE NEW SYMBOLS, PICNICKERS WILL KNOW WHAT SORT OF FACILITIES TO EXPECT WHEN THEY CO ON AN OUTING AND WILL AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT OF BRINGING CHARCOAL AND BARBECUE FORKS TO PICNIC PLACES WHERE BARBECUES ARE NOT PERMITTED+. HE SAID.
BARBECUE PITS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT AT ALL THE +APPROVED BARBECUE PLACES+ TO DISCOURAGE PICNICKERS FROM BUILDING THEIR OWN PITS WHICH OFTEN MAY PROVE TO BE A FIRE HAZARD. SOME OF THE POPULAR SPOTS ARE LOCATED IN THE SHING KUN COUNTRY PARK, AT BRIDE'S POOL, ABERDEEN RESERVO JRS AND TAI TAM RESERVOIRS, WHERE NEARLY 250 BARBECUE PITS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
AT PRESENT THERE ARE OVER 80 AFD RECREATION AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYSIDE OF HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THEY ARE PROVING INCREASINGLY POPULAR. THE DEPARTMENT IS DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL RECREATION AREAS ON LANTAO ISLAND, AT SHEK KONG, SAI KUNG AND LION ROCK.
NOTE TO EDITORS: PICTURES OF THE NEW SIGNS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROO!1,627 FLOOK, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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