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MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1976

THE BOOKLET. IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH, GIVES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS PLACES OF SPECIAL INTEREST, AND LISTS SUCH DETAILS AS FERRY AND +KA!-DO* SERVICES, TOURIST FACILITIES, AND EVEN THE TYPE OF HOSPITALITY BEING OFFERED BY THE ISLANDS VARIOUS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND MONASTERIES.

IT ALSO CONTAINS SOME INTERESTING HISTORICAL NOTES ABOUT THE ISLANDS, AND OFFERS A SERIES OF SUGGESTED ROUTES FOR TRIPPERS. ›

ON LANTAU ISLAND, FOR INSTANCE, IT SUGGESTS THAT TRIPPERS COULD START WITH THE SHORTER, EASIER WALKS FROM TRAPPIST HAVEN PIER TO THE POPULAR MUI WO AREA WHICH IS ALREADY A MAJOR RESORT AREA, OR FROM MUI WO TO CHI MA WAN.

FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS HIKERS, IT SUGGESTS WALKS FROM MUI WO TO TUNG CHUNG (FIVE HOURS) VIA THE FAMOUS SILVER MINE CAVE, OR FROM TAI O TO TUNG CHUNG (FIVE HOURS) AND ON TO TUNG CHUNG FORT. THIS FORT DATES BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY AND WAS REPUTEDLY OCCUPIED BY THE NOTORIOUS PIRATE CHEUNG PO-TSAI AT THE TURN OF THE 18TH CENTURY. THE FORT STILL HAS CANNON ONE DATED 1809 - ATMED OVER ITS WALLS,

BUT TODAY THE INSIDE BUILDINGS SERVE AS A SCHOOL.

MR. EMPSON SAID THE MAP HAD DEL IBERATELY BEEN MADE SIMPLE SO THAT EVEN THE MOST INEXPERIENCED MAP READER COULD USE IT.

+FOR EXAMPLE, FOOTPATHS AND WALKING TRAILS ARE CLEARLY SHOWN IN RED, WITH A BROKEN LINE TO INDICATE PATHS WHICH MAY BE SEASONALLY OVERGROWN, AND VARIOUS FEATURES SUCH AS PICNIC SPOTS, APPROVED BARBECUE PLACES, REST PAVILIONS, BOATING AREAS, PUBLIC TELEPHONES, MONASTERIES, BUS TERMINI AND CARPARKS, ARE DENOTED BY APPROPRIATE ILLUSTRATIVÉ SIGNS FOR QUICK AND EASY REFERENCE.+

TWO SYMBOLS ARE USED TO INDICATE THE MANY MAGNIFICENT BEACHES ALONG THE ISLANDS. ONE SHOWING A GIRL SITTING UNDER A BEACH UMBRELLA, DENOTES A BEACH WITH LIFEGUARDS, WHILE BEACHES WITHOUT SUPERVISION ARE INDICATED BY A BIKINI CLAD GIRL HOLDING A BEACH BALL ALOFT.

FOOTPATHS ARE SHOWN AS MAJOR AND MINOR. IN THIS CONTEXT MAJOR PATH INDICATED A POPULAR ROUTE, EASILY WALKED WITHOUT SCRAMBLING AND USUALLY WELL DEFINED AND MAINTAINED. MINOR PATH INDICATES A LESS POPULAR, LESS FREQUENTED ROUTE WHICH MAY BE STEEP, NARROW OR ROUGH AND ILL-DEFINED IN PARTS.

IN KEEPING WITH THE MOVE TOWARDS METRICATION, THE MAP EMPLOYS METRIC UNITS, BUT FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF RAMBLERS DISTANCE SCALES ARE ALSO GIVEN IN MILES AND FEET.

THE LANTAU MAP, WHICH OCCUPIES ONE SIDE OF THE SHEET, HAS BEEN DRAWN TO A SCALE OF 1: 35,000. TWO SPECIAL INSETS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED SHOWING IN GREATER DETAIL THE ISLAND'S POPULAR MUT WO AND NGONG PING AREAS.

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THE OTHER ISLANDS ARE SHOWN ON THE REVERSE OF THE SHEET WHICH CAN BE FOLDED TO HANDY POCKET BOOK SIZE WHEN NOT IN USE. LAMMA ISLAND (ALSO KNOWN AS POK LIU CHAU) IS DRAWN TO A SCALE OF

1 1 20,000, WHILE CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU AND MA WAN HAVE ALL BEEN DRAWN TO 17:500.

/A PROMINENT