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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1984

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COUNTRY PARK WALKS BEING ORGANISED

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL WALKS FOR STUDENTS AND VISITORS TO COUNTRY PARKS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, STARTING ON THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 1).

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY), THE ACTING SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID THE WALKS AIMED TO GIVE STUDENTS AND OTHER PARK VISITORS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COUNTRYSIDE ENVIRONMENT AND TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE NEED FOR COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.

+SEVEN COUNTRY PARKS AND ONE NATURE RESERVE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THESE WALKS, HE SAID.

THEY ARE MA ON SHAN, TAI LAM, PAT SIN LENG, ABERDEEN, SOUTH LANTAU, SHING MUN AND EAST SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARKS AND MAI PO NATURE RESERVE.

MR CHEUNG SAID PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE BRIEFED DURING THE TWO-HOUR VISIT ON TREES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, PLANTATIONS AND THE IR PROTECTION, TREE NURSERY OR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, DEPENDING ON THE SITE SELECTED.

THE WALKS ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS OF PRIMARY 4 OR ABOVE AND ORGANISED GROUPS OF 30 TO 40 PARTICIPANTS WITH ADVANCE BOOKING.

FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM MR T.H. LIU ON -688111, EXTENSION 306.

TUNNEL ROAD TO BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED

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TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE WORK, LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD BETWEEN HUNG MUI KUK ROAD AND CHE KUNG MIU ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM FROM NOVEMBER 1 (THURSDAY) TO NOVEMBER 7 (WEDNESDAY).

SHA TIN ROAD BETWEEN SHA TIN WAI ROAD AND YUEN WO ROAD WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM ON NOVEMBER 7.

DURING THE CLOSURE, TRAFFIC ON LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD WILL BE DIVERTED VIA HUNG MUT KUK ROAD AND CHE KUNG MIU ROAD.

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