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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988

NEW ERA IN COUNTRY PARK RECREATION DEVELOPMENT

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ENTERED A RECREATION DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS

THE OPENING OF A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED CYCLING SITE IN TAI MONG TSAI IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK.

NEW ERA TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH

THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT CYCLING FACILITY IN THE

ATTRACTING SYSTEM, THE SITE IS A PILOT PROJECT AIMED AT CYCLISTS TO PURSUE THEIR ACTIVITIES OFF THE HIGHWAYS.

THE SITE

COMPRISES

A 450-METRE

ACCESS

COUNTRY PARKS

TRACK, CYCLING

CIRCULAR CYCLING TRACK, A 2,000-SQUARE-METRE SHELTER AND PICNIC FACILITIES. THE COST WAS $500,000.

RECREATIONAL

A 250-METRE

GROUND AND

WORKS ON IN PROGRESS

THE SURFACING OF THE TRACKS HAS BEEN COMPLETED WHILE THE CYCLING GROUND AND SHELTER AND PICNIC FACILITIES ARE AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR.

DIRECTOR

THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE

OF THE CHAIRMEN

THE PROJECT WAS JOINTLY UNVEILED THIS MORNING BY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, AND OXLEY, CLIVE RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR CARLOS CHEUNG AND MR WILLIAM WAN.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER

THE CYCLING RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, THE

COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB TRACK WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AND A NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS MORNING'S CEREMONY WERE THE FIRST TO USE THE NEW FACILITY.

BY THE COUNTRY

HE WAS HAPPY TO DR LEE SAID AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY THAT SEE THE PILOT PROJECT REACH FRUITION IN THE CONTINUING EFFORT COUNTRY PARKS AUTHORITY TO UPGRADE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN PARKS.

"IF THE PROJECT PROVES SUCCESSFUL, CONSIDERATION WILL BE

HE ADDED. TO EXTENDING IT TO OTHER POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS,

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GIVEN

PART OF FORMED

AN ACTIVITY PROGRAMME THE OPENING CEREMONY

IN THE MORNING AND EARLY PREPARED FOR COUNTRY PARKS BOARD MEMBERS

VIEW

THE DEVELOPMENTS RECENT

COUNTRY IN PART OF THE AFTERNOON TO PARKS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE

DEPARTMENT'S

ASSISTANT

PARK

(CONSERVATION AND COUNTRY PARKS), MR K.C. IU, BOARD MEMBERS THE NEW MANAGEMENT CENTRE IN THE MA ON SHAN COUNTRY WERE BRIEFED ON THE RECREATION DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA.

COUNTRY THEY LATER VISITED HOI HA WAN IN SAI KUNG THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS STUDYING THE OF SETTING UP A MARINE RESERVE TO PROTECT AND MANAGE MARINE AND TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC.

WAN SITE IS A

SHELTERED

BAY THE HOI HA NORTHERN COASTLINE OF SAI KUNG PENINSULA AND COVERS HECTARES. THE AREA IS RICH IN CORALS.

DIRECTOR INSPECTED WHERE THEY

PARK WHERE

FEASIBILITY RESOURCES

SITUATED AN AREA

AT THE

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