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SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1984
LEAFLET ON TUEN MUN TRAIL NOW AVAILABLE
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A LEAFLET ON THE TUEN MUN TRAIL, SERVING AS A REFERENCE QUIDE TO PICNICKERS AND JOGGING ENTHUSIASTS, HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED.
PRINTED IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH AND ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND A MAP THE LEAFLET IS PRODUCED BY THE TUEN MUN SPORTS ASSOCIATION WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.
BJVES A DETALI. DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST TWO STAGES OF THE 11-KILOMETRE TRAIL WHICH WERE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC RECENTLY.
THE ENTIRE TRAIL IS DIVIDED INTO 11 SECTIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE WHOLE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 10 YEARS.
ON COMPLETION, THE TRAIL WILL ENCIRCLE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, PASSING THROUGH GREEN-BELT AREAS, PARKS, BEACHES, WOODLANDS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.
THE TWO NEWLY COMPLETED SECTIONS COVERING A TOTAL LENGTH OF 2 650 METRES, START FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOH FUK TONG SCHOOL BUILDING AND GO UPWARD ALONG THE PATH OF A VALLEY.
THE FIRST PART OF BOTH ROUTES FOLLOWS THE MACLEHOSE TRAIL LEADING THROUGH THE VILLAGE OF TSENG TAU TSUEN SHEUNG TSUEN. IT FOLLOWS THE STREAM AND RISES UNTIL IT REACHES THE END OF THE CATCHWATER CHANNEL WHERE THE MACLE HOSE TRAIL GOES OFF TO THE RIGHT AND THE TUEN MUN TRAIL TURNS LEFT.
THE PATH THEN CONTINUES UPWARD UNTIL IT REACHES A JUNCTION WHERE IT SPLIT INTO TWO ROUTES. ·
ROUTE ONE STRETCHES NORTHWARD TO WONG FUNG LENG, RUNS DOWN A SERIES OF 'ZIG-ZAGS' THROUGH THE PINE WOODS ABOVE TSENG TAU HA TSUEN, AND ENDS ON AN OPEN PLATFORM ADJACENT TO THE NEWLY- CONSTRUCTED ROAD D9.
ROUTE TWO IS LONGER, SECLUDED AND MORE RUGGED, AND INVOLVES CLIMBING TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 250 METRES.
AFTER SPLITTING FROM ROUTE ONE, IT TURNS EASTWARD AND FOLLOWS UPHILL ABOVE THE STREAM COURSE, CLIMBS TO THE HEAD OF A VALLEY AND THEN CONTINUES TO FU TEI SHEUNG TSUEN.
FROM THERE, IT DESCENDS TO THE SERVICE RESERVOIR ROAD ABOVE FU TEI AND REACHES THE FINISHING POINT NEAR BOWRING CAMP.
ABOUT 40 000 COPIES OF THE LEAFLET HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND ARE AVAILABLE AT THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFFICES.
COPIES HAVE ALSO BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, PARKA MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES; CACOPORATIONS AND SCHOOLS. OVERI
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