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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1976

PICNIC AREA FOR YIM TIN TSAI ISLAND ******

A PICNIC AREA IS BEING BUILT ON THE ISLAND OF YIM TIN TSAI TO CATER FOR VISITORS WHO FLOCK THERE IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN MONTHS.

THE NEW PICNIC AREA WILL HAVE FOUR BARBECUE PITS, THREE PAVILIONS AND A NETWORK OF CONNECTING FOOTPATHS. THE COST OF THE PROJECT IS $60,000, OF WHICH THE LARGER PART HAS BEEN PROVIDED FROM THE URBÁN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S RECREATION FUND, WITH THE BALANCE COMING FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FUND OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, SAI KUNG.

WORK BEGAN LAST MONTH AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MARCH IN GOOD TIME FOR THE FIRST SUMMER VISITORS.

A SENIOR OFFICER FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TO BE INVITED TO OPEN THE PICNIC AREA.

THE VILLAGERS OF YIM TIN TSAI, NUMBERING ABOUT 300, WILL BENEFIT FROM THE FACILITIES. THE VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE, MR. CHAN KWAI-SANG, HAS ADVOCATED FOR SOME TIME BUILDING A PICNIC AREA AS HE IS KEEN TO DEVELOP TOURISM FOR THE ISLAND.

BESIDES BEING POPULAR WITH PICNICKERS WHO REACH YIM TIN TSAI BY SAMPAN FROM SAI KUNG, THE ISLAND ATTRACTS HIKERS WHO USE IT TO GET TO KAU SAI CHAU ISLAND WHICH HAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING FLORA. THERE ARE SOME MAGNIFICENT VIEWS FROM BOTH ISLANDS

THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED BY STAFF OF THE WORKS SECTION OF SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, WHO ARE ALSO SUPERVISING CONSTRUCTION.

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