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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1978.

COUNTRY PARK FOR LANTAU

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS GAZETTED MORE THAN 5,500 HECTARES OF SOUTH LANTAU ISLAND AS A PROPOSED COUNTRY PARK,

THE COUNTRY PARK WILL STRETCH FROM MUI WO (SILVERMINE BAY) TO NEAR YI O IN THE WEST AND WILL BE SOUTH OF THE RIDGELINE BETWEEN SUNSET PEAK AND LANTAU PEAK.

THE AREA OF 5,640 HECTARES INCLUDED 5,536 HECTARES OF RUGGED MOUNTAIN, FOREST PLANTATION AND UNSPOILT COASTLINE OF THE ISLAND. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE AREA IS THE SHEK PIK RESERVOIR, WITH A WATER SURFACE AREA OF 104 HECTARES.

SOUTH LANTAU IS THE TENTH PARK TO BE GAZETTED UNDER THE COUNTRY PARK ORDINANCE, ALREADY DESIGNATED ARE THE TAI PO TOWN SPECIAL AREA, SHING MUN, KAM SHAN, LION ROCK, ABERDEEN AND TAI TAM COUNTRY PARKS. AWAITING DESIGNATION ARE SAI KUNG (EAST AND WEST) AND PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARKS.

UNDER THE PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH, THE COUNTRY PARK AUTHORITY PROPOSED TO DESIGNATE 19 COUNTRY PARKS BY 1981.

NOT IF ICATION IN THE GAZETTE OF THE PROPOSED SOUTH LANTAU COUNTRY PARK ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC A PERIOD OF 60 DAYS TO

INSPECT THE DRAFT MAP AND EXEMPLARY STATEMENT OF THE AREA, IF NEED BE TO LODGE OBJECTION WITH THE COUNTRY PARK AUTHORITY BEFORE DESIGNATION OF THE PARK.

THE ORDINANCE STIPULATES THAT NO NEW DEVELOPMENT MAY BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A COUNTRY PARK WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE AUTHORITY.

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