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CONFIDENTIAL # 3

Part I.

SUBJECT

4. Country Parks

(ENV 30/15/01)

PURPOSE

(a) To define the

location and boundaries of country parks and special areas.

(b) To provide

legislation and regulations to specify the

conditions and use of country

parks and special

areas.

(c) To administer

and control

country parks

and special areas.

PROGRESS MADE & PRESENT POSITION

(a) Objections to the designation of country

parks in response to a notice published in the gazette have now been resolved and an ExCo paper for the designation of three country parks is now being processed.

(b)

The final draft of the regulations has now been prepared.

(c) AFD is preparing a submission for the

reorganisation and retitling of staff in its Forest Guard Section, in order to provide better control over country parks.

NEXT QUARTER TARGETS

(a) Designate three

country parks and one special area under the Country Parks Ordinance in May 1977.

(b) Submit country

parks regulations to ExCo in May 1977.

(c)

Submit Forest

Guard retitling

(a) To prepare for

the designation of the second sories of country parks

(a)

CONFIDENTIAL

機密

AFD is making the necessary preparation for the gazetting of country parks at Aberdeen, Tai Tam/longneichong and Sai Kung.

and reorganisation

proposals to

Finance Branch by June 1977.

(d) Take second series

of country parks to LDPC in May 1977, for gazetting in

June 1977 to ExCo

(after expiry of 60 days' notice for objections)

in August 1977.

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