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NEW MAP ENTITLED +NEW TERRITORIES

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EAST+ TO BE PRODUCED

MORE SCENIC AREAS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BE OPENED UP FOR RECREATION THROUGH A NEW COUNTRYSIDE MAP TO BE PRODUCED BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MAP MAKERS.

MR. LO KWOK-HUNG, P.W.D. CARTOGRAPHER, SAID TODAY PLANNING FOR THE NEW MAP, ENTITLED +NEW TERRITORIES - EAST+. WAS ALREADY IN HAND AND PRELIMINARY WORK WOULD BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR.

HE SAID THE NEW MAP WOULD COVER POPULAR AS WELL AS LESSER KNOWN PICNIC SPOTS AT SHA TAU KOK, SAI KUNG AND CLEARWATER BAY.

+THE AREA COVERED BY THE NEW MAP OFFERS SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SCENERY TO BE FOUND IN HONG KONG, AND THE MAP IS INTENDED TO HELP PEOPLE EXPLORE AND ENJOY THE COUNTRYSIDE AND AT THE SAME TIME DEVELOP A GREATER APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTAND ING OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.

THE +NEW TERRITORIES - EAST+ MAP IS THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF COUNTRYSIDE MAPS PRODUCED BY THE P.W.D.'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE OTHER THREE MAPS +HONG KONG ISLAND+ +NEW TERRITORIES - WEST+ AND +LANTAU AND ISLANDS+ HAVE PROVED SO POPULAR THAT REPRINTS HAVE HAD TO BE ORDERED.

ALMOST THE ENTIRE FIRST PRINTING OF THE LANTAU MAP WAS SOLD OUT WITHIN A WEEK OF ITS ISSUE IN APRIL. +TO MEET DEMAND, WE HAVE HAD TO ORDER 10,000 MORE COPIES OF THE 'LANTAU AND ISLANDS' MAP AND THESE ARE ALREADY ON SALE,+ MR. LO SAID.

HE SAID THAT REPRINTS FOR 5,000 COPIES OF EACH OF THE FIRST TWO COUNTRYSIDE MAPS COVERING HONG KONG ISLAND AND NEW TERRITORIES WEST HAD ALSO BEEN ORDERED AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE LATER THIS MONTH.

ALL OF THE COUNTRYSIDE MAPS ARE IN COLOUR WITH LEGENDS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH. THEY HAVE DELIBERATELY BEEN MADE SIMPLE SO THAT EVEN THE MOST INEXPERIENCED MAP READER CAN USE THEM.

AS WELL AS LANTAU LISELF, THE POPULAR +LANTAU AND ISLANDS' MAP FEATURES THE PICTURESQUE ISLANDS OF CHEUNG CHAU, PENG CHAU, LAMMA AND MA WAN -- REGARDED BY MANY AS PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF HONG KONG'S OUTLYING ISLANDS,

A SMALL HANDBOOK OF GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISLANDS IS DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE WITH THE MAP. THIS CONTAINS BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF PLACES OF SPECIAL INTEREST, TOURIST FACILITIES, FERRY AND +KAI-DO+ SERVICES AND EVEN THE TYPE OF HOSPITALITY OFFERED BY THE ISLANDS VARIOUS MONASTERIES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE LANTAU MAP IS A SECTION LISTING SAFETY HINTS FOR HIKERS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH. THE MAP ALSO INCLUDES A COUNTRY CODE TO ENCOURAGE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

THE NEW EDITIONS OF THE +LANTAU AND ISLANDS+ MAP ARE NOW ON SALE AT $4 A COPY AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S SALES COUNTER ON THE 19TH FLOOR OF THE MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD- AT THE KOWLOON CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN YAU MA TEI, AND AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT STAR FERRY.