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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1991

FS COMMENTS ON SFC AND SEHK ANNOUNCEMENT

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COMMENTING

TODAY

ON (SATURDAY)

THE

BY ANNOUNCEMENT

THE AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, BEFORE ISSUING RESTRICTION

SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION (SFC) HONG KONG LTD (SEHK), THE FINANCIAL CONFIRMED THAT THE SFC HAD CONSULTED HIM NOTICES TO THE SEHK UNDER SECTION 50 OF THE SFC ORDINANCE.

BY

PACKAGE

HE WENT ON TO WELCOME THE FACT THAT EFFORTS WERE CONTINUING THE SEHK TO SECURE MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL OF A REVISED VOLUNTARY WHICH WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SFC.

PUBLIC REMINDED AGAINST ILLEGAL CAMPING IN COUNTRY PARKS

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THE

IN COUNTRY PARKS HAVE BEEN HOLIDAY-MAKERS WHO WISH TO CAMP REMINDED THAT THEY CAN DO SO ONLY IN DESIGNATED CAMP SITES WITHIN COUNTRY PARKS AREA.

"ALTOGETHER, THERE ARE 36 DESIGNATED CAMP SITES IN HONG 21 COUNTRY PARKS AND MOST OF THESE SITES ARE LOCATED NEAR THE HIKING ROUTES.

11

KONG'S POPULAR

SIGNBOARDS PUT UP

PARKS OFFICER

BY THB

OF

THE

"THEY CAN BE EASILY IDENTIFIED BY

AUTHORITY,' SENIOR COUNTRY

COUNTRY PARKS AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR C.C. LAY, SAID.

WERE

BENCHES,

PROVIDED BARBECUE

SITES CAMP HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DESIGNATED WITH BASIC FACILITIES SUCH AS LEVEL GROUND, WOODEN PITS, DRY PIT TOILETS AND LITTER BINS.

ÅND SAFE "THESE SITES HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN FOR PLEASANT

PREVENT CAMPING AND ΤΟ

CAMPERS

WATER FROM POLLUTING

SOURCES OR ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE DIRECT WATER STARTING A HILLFIRE, THESE SITES CATCHMENT AREAS AND FAR AWAY FROM DENSE WOODS," MR LAY EXPLAINED.

"APART FROM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONSIDERATIONS,

WILL MAKE MANAGEMENT THE DESIGNATION OF CAMP SITES IN COUNTRY PARKS

IN THE WAY OF COUNTRY EASIER AND ENSURE THAT CAMPERS WILL NOT GET

ACTIVITIES," HE PARK VISITORS ENGAGED IN OTHER FORMS OF RECREATIONAL CONTINUED.

ÁREA

SITE IS AN

MR LAY REMINDED THAT UNDER THE COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL REGULATIONS, CAMPING IN COUNTRY PARKS OTHER THAN IN A DESIGNATED

WHICH CARRIES OFFENCE IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE MONTHS.

CAMP

A MAXIMUM

FINE

OF $2,000

AND

/IN THE