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SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1994

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION AT COUNTRY PARKS

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VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY COUNTRYSIDE THE DEEP BLUE SEA THROUGH LENSES IN THE COMING MONTHS AS AN UNDERWATER IS TO BE HELD AT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

TWO OF THE TERRITORY'S POPULAR COUNTRY PARKS.

FROM WEDNESDAY (JULY 20) UNTIL MID-OCTOBER, SOME 80 UNDERWATER WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARKS VISITOR

PHOTOGRAPHS CENTRE.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE MOVED TO THE CLEAR WATER BAY COUNTRY PARK AFTER THAT.

THE EXHIBITION IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG UNDERWATER ASSOCIATION (HKUA) AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD).

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IMPORTANCE

A SPOKESMAN FOR AFD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE MAIN OBJECTIVE THE EXHIBITION WAS TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ON PROTECTING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.

"IT IS INDEED A DOUBLE TREAT FOR COUNTRY PARK VISITORS BECAUSE APART FROM ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE,

VIEW THEY CAN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE UNDERWATER WORLD TAKEN BY PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS.

"THE BEAUTIFUL

COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN MOSTLY OUTSIDE HONG KONG," HE SAID.

UNDER THE SEA

THE SPOKESMAN THANKED HKUA FOR PROVIDING THE THE EXHIBITION.

PHOTOGRAPHS FOR

MAY

HE ALSO REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GO TO THE EXHIBITION IF THEY HAD MISSED A SIMILAR FUNCTION ORGANISED BY THE HKUA IN THIS YEAR.