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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1984

AS PART OF THE TUEN MUN TRAIL, ROUTE 2 LIES ON THE SOUTH- EASTERN SIDE OF TUEN MUN TOWN CENTRE AND WAS BUILT AT A COST OF $400 000 BY THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND LANDS DEPARTMENTS.

THE ROUTE IS LONGER, MORE RUGGED AND SECLUDED THAN ROUTE 1 WHICH WAS OPENED A YEAR AGO.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ENTIRE TUEN MUN TRAIL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT 10 YEARS, IS DIVIDED INTO 11 SECTIONS.

ON COMPLETION OF WORK, THE TRAIL WILL ENCIRCLE THE NEW TOWN PASSING THROUGH GREEN-BELT AREAS, PARKS, BEACHES, WOODLANDS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.

LOOK-OUT PAVILIONS, RAIN SHELTERS, BARBECUE PITS AND SITTING- OUT AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED ALONG THE TRAIL.

INFORMATION BOARD, MAPS AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED AT EACH END OF THE TRAIL AND AT THE JUNCTIONS WITH MACLEHOSE TRAIL AND OTHER SECTIONS.

A CEREMONY MARKING THE OPENING OF ROUTE 2 WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM ON SUNDAY.

OFFICIATING GUESTS WILL INCLUDE THE TUEN MUN ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER WONG; AND THE FORESTRY OFFICER OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, MR N.J. BLANDFORD.

AFTER THE OPENING, ABOUT 200 JOGGERS WILL TAKE PART IN AN INAUGURAL WALK ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS OFFICE.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM ON SUNDAY (MARCH 25) AT AN

A OPEN SPACE AT THE ENTRANCE OF TSENG TAU HA TSUEN, TUEN MUN. GOVERNMENT VEHICLE WILL LEAVE THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, 201 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, AT 9.30 AM FOR THE SITE OF THE CEREMONY.

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