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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1993

32 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE SENT BACK

EX-CHINA THIRTY-TWO REPATRIATED TO CHINA TODAY (FRIDAY).

VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE

THE GROUP COMPRISED 13 MEN, 10 WOMEN AND NINE MINORS UNDER YEARS OF AGE.

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THIS WAS THE THIRD BATCH OF SUCH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RETURNED

HONG BETWEEN

KONG AND TO CHINA UNDER AN AGREEMENT REACHED

CHINESE OFFICIALS AT A MEETING IN GUANGZHOU ON AUGUST 23.

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TWO NATURE TRAILS OPEN FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT

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NOW

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MORE

COUNTRY PARK VISITORS, PICNICKERS OR HIKERS CHOICE OF DESTINATIONS TO APPRECIATE NATURE OR TO FLEX THEIR MUSCLES AFTER TWO NEW NATURE TRAILS OPEN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE TRAILS ARE AT HUNG MUI KUK IN SHA TIN AND TAI TONG IN YUEN LONG. UPGRADING WORKS HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLETED AND THEY ARE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE.

WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TWO TRAILS, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINE NATURE TRAILS IN THE TERRITORY. THE OTHER SEVEN ARE IN ABERDEEN, EAGLE'S NEST, SHING MUN, TAI PO KAU, PAT SIN LENG, BRIDE'S POOL AND PAK TAM CHUNG.

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COUNTRY PARK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD), MR YEUNG KA-MING, SAID EACH

THE TRAILS HAD ITS UNIQUENESS IN RELATION TO NATURE, HISTORICAL

BACKGROUND AND ATTRACTIONS.

1.3 ABOUT

THE HUNG MUI KUK NATURE TRAIL, WHICH IS LONG, 18 LOCATED INSIDE THE LION ROCK COUNTRY PARK. IT IS ROUTE AND TAKES A VISITOR ABOUT AN HOUR TO COMPLETE.

KILOMETRES A CIRCULAR

MR YEUNG SAID THE AREA HAD A LONG RECREATIONAL HISTORY AND WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE TERRITORY.

THE NATURE TRAIL BEGINS FROM A POPULAR BARBECUE SITE OFF LION INTERESTING PLANTS ROCK TUNNEL ROAD FROM THE HUNG MUI KUK ROAD. MANY CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE TRAIL INCLUDING "LICHEN", A KIND OF INDICATOR, AND "KAM KAU MAU", WHICH IS BELIEVED TO POSSESS VALUES.

POLLUTION MEDICINAL

PANORAMIC VIEW OF

IN ADDITION, VISITORS CAN ALSO TAKE A GOOD SHA TIN FROM THE ROUTE AND A CLOSE-UP LOOK OF THE FAMOUS MONG FU SHEK.

/THE TAI