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SUNDAY, MAY 28, 1978

CODE TO ADVISE PEOPLE TO CARE FOR COASTLINE

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A CODE OF BEHAVIOUR HAS BEEN DRAWN UP TO ADVISE PEOPLE HOW TO CARE FOR HONG KONG'S SEASHORES.

DETAILS OF IT ARE GIVEN IN A NEW FREE BOOKLET, +A COASTAL CODE FOR HONG KONG+ WHICH IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OUTLETS.

+THE CODE IS SUGGESTED SO THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY OUR NATURAL INHERITANCE AND LEAVE IT UNSPOILED FOR OUR CHILDREN,+ THE BOOKLET SAYS.

IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND IS PUBLISHED IN A COMBINED ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSION ON BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENT BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

THE TEXT, WHICH IS EMBELLISHED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE, WAS PREPARED BY DR. B.S. MORTON, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

COPIES OF THE BOOKLET CAN BE OBTAINED FROM CITY DISTRICT OFFICES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND IN KOWLOON, DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY CENTRES AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CENTRAL.

IT IS ALSO BEING DISTRIBUTED TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

+HONG KONG, WITH ITS MAINLAND OF SHARP HEADLANDS AND NOTCHED EAYS AND CIRCLET OF SOME 230 ISLANDS, POSSESSES A LONG AND ATTRACTIVE SEASHORE,+ DR. MORTON OESERVED.

+THE ANIMAL AND PLANT COMMUNITIES THAT COLONISE IT ARE DIVERSE.

+ IN OUR IGNORANCE OF THESE COMMUNITIES, HOWEVER, WE MAY INADVERTENTLY DESTROY THE VERY FEATURES THAT ATTRACT US IN THE FIRST PLACE TO THE SEASHORE AND OUR COASTAL SEAS.+

SECTIONS IN THE FOLD-OUT BOOKLET INCLUDE CONSERVATION, PICNICKING, NATURE STUDIES, WATER SPORTS, FISHING, AQUATIC LIFE AND SHELLS.

POINTING OUT THAT CARELESSNESS CAN SPOIL BEACHES AND THE SEASHORE, THE BOOKLET EMPHASISES THE NEED TO KEEP THEN LITTER-FREE AND SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER BUILD BARBECUES ON SEASHORE GRASSES.

/IT TELLS