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FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1994

CPB DISCUSSES EXTENSION OF SAI KUNG WEST COUNTRY PARK

DISCUSSED PARK ΤΟ

COUNTRY PARKS BOARD (CPB) MEMBERS YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) AT A MEETING A PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE SAI KING WEST COUNTRY COVER THE WAN TSAI PENINSULA AND THE THREE ADJACENT ISLANDS.

MEMBERS AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD CONSULT THE ON THE PROPOSED EXTENSION,

PUBLIC

SPOKESMAN

FOR THE

COUNTRY

PARKS

BOARD

SAID

THE

WAN SUCCESSFULLY

TSAI

PENINSULA, ONCE USED FOR BORROWING ACTIVITIES, HAD BEEN RESTORED THROUGH LANDSCAPE PLANTING.

"TOGETHER WITH THE THREE ADJACENT ISLANDS. THE PROPOSED EXTENSION COVERS AN ARRA OF 123 HECTARES, HE SAID.

POTENTIAL

HE NOTED THAT THE LANDSCAPE QUALITY AND THE RECREATION MADE THE AREA A SUITABLE PLACE FOR DESIGNATION AS COUNTRY PARK.

THE PENINSULA IS MADE UP OF COASTAL LOWLANDS AND GENTLE

RECREATION COUNTRYSIDE THE SITE IS SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR WALKING, PICNICKING AND KITE-FLYING.

SLOPES.

SUCH AS

SOME 100 VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES ARE RECORDED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PENINSULA.

НА WAN THE

TO VIEW,

ALSO,

AS THE WAN TSAI PENINSULA LIES TO THE EAST OF HOI

A MARINE PARK, WHICH HAD

TO BE DESIGNATED AS BEEN PROPOSED

HELP WOULD PROPOSED EXTENSION

THE THREE ADJACENT ISLANDS WITH MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF HOI HA WAN FROM THE LAND USE POINT OF THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE TAI PO

DISTRICT BOARD WILL BE CONSULTED

ON THE PROPOSED

EXTENSION.

ON THE PROPOSED ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS EXTENSION ARE WELCOME TO SEND IN THEIR COMMENTS ON OR BEFORE MAY 10, 1994 TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, 14TH FLOOR, ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON, KOWLOON.

CANTON

IT

RAISE

ALL VIEWS WILL BE CONSIDERED BEFORE A DRAFT MAP IS PROPOSED. WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LEGAL PROCEDURES WHICH ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO FORMAL OBJECTION TO THE DRAFT MAP WHEN IT IS GAZETTED,

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