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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1979

MANAGEMENT CENTRES AND TOILETS FOR LANTAU COUNTRY PARKS

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TWO MANAGEMENT CENTRES AND TWO MAJOR LATRINE COMPLEXES FOR THE LANTAU COUNTRY PARKS ARE TO BE BUILT.

THE MANAGEMENT CENTRES WILL BE SITUATED ON TUNG CHUNG ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND, AND NEAR KEUNG SHAN IN THE SOUTHWEST.

MEN ARE CURRENTLY BEING RECRUITED TO STAFF THESE CENTRES, EACH CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING UP TO 62 MEN.

THEIR MAIN DUTIES WILL BE TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, IN PARTICULAR CAMPSITES, HIKING PATHS AND BARBECUE AND PICNIC AREAS THE PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS, AND CARRYING OUT OTHER ANTI-EROSION MEASURES FIRE FIGHTING WITHIN THE COUNTRY PARKS KEEPING THE COUNTRYSIDE CLEAN- AND ENFORCING THE COUNTRY PARKS REGULATIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE BANNING UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT, FIRE AND LITTER.

THE TWO NEW TOILET COMPLEXES WILL BE SITUATED AT THE MAIN NAM SHAN CAMPSITE WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR CAMPING GROUND ON LANTAU- AND NEAR THE BARBECUE SITE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL ASCENDING FROM MUI WO.

ADDITIONALLY, THE COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE CAMPSITE FACILITIES WITHIN THE COUNTRY PARKS, CONCENTRATING ON REMOTE AREAS WHICH PROVIDE CAMPERS WITH WATER AND SCENIC RESTING PLACES ALONG THE MAIN HIKING ROUTES.

CAMPSITES ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED AT LO KEI WAN, TAI LONG WAN, KAU LING CHUNG, AND LATER THIS YEAR AT FAN LAU, ALL OF WHICH ARE SITUATED ON OR NEAR FINE SANDY BEACHES NOT OFTEN VISITED BY THE PUBLIC. OTHER CAMPSITES ARE PLANNED FOR THE MORE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ALSO.

ANOTHER INTERESTING PART OF THE PROGRAMME IS THE PROTECTION OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY YI LONG WAN LIME KILNS, ADJACENT TO THE SEA RANCH ON THE CHI MA WAN PENINSULA.

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