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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1977

SAI KUNG PENINSULA TO BE PUT UNDER COUNTRY PARK MANAGEMENT

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SAI KUNG PENINSULA, WHICH HAS SOME OF HONG KONG'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND PICNIC SPOTS AND COMPRISES AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF COUNTRYSIDE, IS PROPOSED FOR COUNTRY PARK DEVELOPMENT.

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A GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NOTICE TODAY PUBLISHED TWO SITES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTRY PARKS ON THE PENINSULA SAI KUNG WEST WHICH LIES BETWEEN THREE FATHOMS COVE AND PAK TAM CHUNG- KO TONG ROAD, STRETCHING SOUTHWARDS FROM HOI HA TO TAI MONG TSAI- AND SAI KUNG EAST WHICH IS SITUATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF PAK TAM CHUNG-KO TONG ROAD AND STRETCHES FROM LONG HARBOUR SOUTHWARDS TO HIGH ISLAND.

SAI KUNG WEST COUNTRY PARK IS BOUNDED WITHIN AN AREA OF ABOUT 3,000 HECTARES AND INCLUDES 850 HECTARES OF FORESTRY PLANTATIONS AND NATURAL WOODLAND, GRASSLAND OF THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR CATCHMENT AREA AND THE ADJOINING HILLS, THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK EAST IS EVEN LARGER, COVERING AN AREA OF 4,470 HECTARES, INCLUDING 375 HECTARES OF NATURAL WOODLAND, GRASSLAND AND ADJOINING HILLS AND 710 HECTARES OF WATER SURFACE ON COMPLETION OF THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR.

THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY HAS PREPARED AN EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND A DRAFT MAP FOR BOTH PARKS WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED AT A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES DURING NORMAL WORKING HOURS WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

THESE OFFICES ARE THE LAND REGISTRY AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS, THE P.W.D.'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT IN MURRAY BUILDING, THE DISTRICT OFFICES IN TSUEN WAN, TAI PO, TUEN MUN, YUEN LONG, SAI KUNG AND SHA TIN, THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER AND THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO AND WONG TAI SIN.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT MAPS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $6 A COPY FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, AT 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

UNDER THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE, NO NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED IN THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED COUNTRY PARKS SHOWN IN THE DRAFT MAPS WITHOUT FIRST HAVING APPROVAL FROM THE AUTHORITY.

ANYONE WHO IS AGGRIEVED BY THE PROPOSED COUNTRY PARKS MAY WITHIN THE 60 DAYS SEND A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF HIS OBJECTIONS TO THE AUTHORITY AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD AT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

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