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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1984

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MAKING COUNTRY PARKS BETTER KNOWN ******

THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT VISITOR CENTRE AT PAK TAM CHUNG WILL BE READY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

IT WILL PROVIDE VISITORS TO THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARKS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE FACILITIES AND INTERESTING FEATURES IN COUNTRY PARKS IN SAI KUNG PENINSULA.

THERE WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYS ON THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SAI KUNG PENINSULA,

THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE $2.5 MILLION CENTRE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND A $600 000 CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN AND SUPPLY OF EXHIBITION MATERIALS AND AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT WAS SIGNED TODAY BETWEEN MR ROY CHILVERS, ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND MR PHILIP LAU OF BEST ARTISTIC ADVERTISING AND DECORATION CO LTD.

THE WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK AND TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

+ THE CENTRE, WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 400 SQUARE METRES, IS FLEXIBLE IN THE LAYOUT DESIGN AND CAN BE SUB-DIVIDED INTO A RECEPTION HALL, A MAIN EXHIBITION HALL AND A ROOM FOR SEASONAL DISPLAYS AND AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS, MR M.K. CHEUNG, ACTING SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF AFD, SAID.

+THE EXHIBITION WILL INCLUDE DISPLAYS ON LOCAL PLANTS AND ANIMALS, RURAL HISTORY, HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRYSIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.+

IT IS HOPED THAT PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE CENTRE WILL APPRECIATE THE NEED TO KEEP THE COUNTRY PARKS CLEAN AND GREEN.

THERE ARE NOW TWO OTHER COUNTRY PARK VISITOR CENTRES, ABERDEEN AND THE OTHER TAI MEI TUK.

ONE IN

THEY ARE SMALL AND HAVE BEEN ADAPTED FROM OFFICE BUILDINGS.

MR CHEUNG SAID, +MORE VISITOR CENTRES ARE PLANNED FOR OTHER COUNTRY PARKS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, INCLUDING THOSE AT SHING MUN COUNTRY PARK AND ON LANTAU ISLAND.

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