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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1991

7,

"MOREOVER, WE HAVE A

SOMETHING

PLANTATION PROGRAMME

GROWTH OF SEASONAL VEGETABLES AND THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SECTION, MR LAY SAID.

H

TO STAGGER THE FRUIT CROPS TO ENSURE ON DISPLAY IN THE ECONOMIC CROPS

BEAN AND

MR LAY ADMITTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN CASES OF VANDALISM BY VISITORS EVEN THOUGH THE SITUATION WAS NOT SERIOUS ON THE WHOLE.

DÁMÁGE

"IN ORDER THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE CENTRE

AND NOT TO APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC TO EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE THE ITEMS ON DISPLAY, WHETHER THEY ARE INDOORS OR OUTDOORS," HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT

AT THE CENTRE İS AN A MAXIMUM CARRIES

WHICH

VANDALISING FACILITIES

ORDINANCE OFFENCE UNDER THE COUNTRY PARKS FINE OF $2,000 AND THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

OF ITS KIND to THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE, THE FIRST DISPLAY THE RICHNESS OF HONG KONG'S

HERITAGE, FEATURES THREE EXHIBITION HALLS, AN

CHINESE FIELD CROPS, A HERBAL GARDEN, A ROCK AND MINERAL CORNER AND A POULTRY CORNER.

ARBORETUM,

RURAL ORCHARDS,

IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY KMB ROUTE 92 AND GREEN MINIBUS ROUTE 1, BOTH OF WHICH RUN FROM CHOI HUNG TO SAI KUNG.

FROM THE CENTRE IS OPEN DAILY

9.30 AM то

TO 5 PM EXCEPT ON TUESDAY. ADMISSION IS FREE. FOR GROUP BOOKINGS, PLEASE CALL 733 2121.

HONG KONG AWARDED IN MAP DESIGN COMPETITION

A MAP PRODUCED BY THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE OF

OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT HAS WON TOP HONOUR IN AN INTERNATIONAL MAP DESIGN COMPETITION.

THE SMALL SCALE MAP ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN HONG KONG HAS WON THIS YEAR'S JOHN BARTHOLOMEW AWARD IN THE THEMATIC MAP CATEGORY COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH CARTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

THE MAP WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND DATA GIVES INFORMATIVE REFERENCE MATERIAL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WORK IN THE TERRITORY.

THIS MAP HAS SINCE BEEN REPRODUCED AND USED AS THE END PAPER MAP ON THE BACK COVER OF THE HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT 1991 PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

MEANWHILE, ANOTHER MAP SUBMITTED BY THE SURVEY AND MAPPING OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE SAME MAP CATEGORY OF THE COMPETITION.

THE SECOND MAP IS THE NORTH-WEST NEW TERRITORIES MAP FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE SERIES.

/THE DIRECTOR

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