XN000022-1980-03-24 — Page 5

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1980

WITH THIS MAP IN HAND, FAMILY PARTIES CAN EASILY SELECT BARBECUE AND PICNIC SPOTS WHILE EXPERE INCED TREKKERS CAN TAKE TO RUGGED TERRAIN ALONG THE MORE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING TRAIL.

THE MAP, WHICH HAS BEEN DRAWN TO A SCALE OF 1:25 000 INCLUDES A SPECIAL INSERT SHOWING THE COUNTRY CODE. A GENERAL INFORMATION BOOKLET, IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH, ABOUT SAI KUNG PENINSULA ALSO COMES WITH THE MAP.

INCLUDED IN THIS BOOKLET ARE GENERAL NOTES ON THE COUNTRYSIDE, ROUTE SUGGESTIONS FOR TREKKERS, BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIOUS PLACES OF INTEREST, PLUS A PLACE NAME DIRECTORY FOR QUICK LOCALITY FINDING.

THE WHOLE SET FITS SNUGLY IN A PLASTIC HOLDER, AND IS NOW ON SALE AT $10 EACH AT PWD'S SALES COUNTER ON THE 19TH FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG THE KOWLOON CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE, 9TH FLOOR, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, NATHAN ROAD- AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, EDINBURGH PLACE.

PRELIMINARY WORK WILL BEGIN SHORTLY ON THE FIFTH OF THE POPULAR MAP SERIES, COVERING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

SNT TALKS ABOUT CHANGING SOCIETY *****

WE HAVE TO THINK MORE CAREFULLY NOW, AS THE POPULATION INCREASES, ABOUT THE SORT OF PLACE WE WANT HONG KONG TO BE AND ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH SOCIETY IS CHANGING AND SHOULD CHANGE.

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THIS TODAY (MONDAY) AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PAST CHAIRMEN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.

MR AKERS-JONES ASKED WHETHER IT WAS ENOUGH TO GO ON ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF EXISTING ORGANISATIONS, COMMITTEES, CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS,

WOULD THIS SATISFY THE ASPIRATIONS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE?

FOR WE WERE A YOUNG SOCIETY WITH NEARLY THREE MILLION PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 30 OR HALF OUR POPULATION - A GROWING PROPORTION OF WHOM HAD BEEN BORN IN HONG KONG.

+THEY HAVE GROWN UP IN A VASTLY DIFFERENT WORLD FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS- SECONDARY EDUCATION IS NOW UNIVERSAL AND TELEVISION, BOOKS, CINEMA, TRAVEL AND EDUCATION ABROAD HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A FAMILIARITY WITH DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES, DIFFERENT HORIZONS CAREERS AND WORK ARE DIFFERENT AND NO ONE CAN BE UNAWARE OF THE PRESENT OVERWHELMING APPETITE FOR FRESH AIR AND PHYSICAL PURSUITS, NOR OF THE DEMAND FOR MUSIC, DANGING AND THE ARTS, HE SAID.

/+THIS REVCLITICH

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