Name of Event: “No periphery in country parks” Public Hiking Tour
Date: May 29, 2018 (Tuesday) and June 3, 2018 (Sunday)
Venue: Tai Lam Country Park
TrailWatch and the Conservancy Association co-hosted 2 hiking events called “no periphery in country parks” in May and June of this year. The objective is to walk with public participants on country park area that the government is eyeing for development (so-called “country park periphery” by the government), discuss the notion of periphery and set it right.
Located to the west of Tai Lam Tunnel toll plaza in Yuen Long and covering an area of over 20 hectares, this section of Tai Lam Country Park is one of the two pilot areas in which HKHS is conducting ecological and technical studies on development of country park periphery. During this guided hike we discussed history and importance of country parks, the Country Park Ordinance, plantation enrichment projects, biodiversity, threats of hill fires etc.. We also visited the site where the Conservancy Association has been carrying out plantation enrichment program for more than a decade.
Our response to the public consultation is that country park has no periphery! Let’s protect Hong Kong’s precious nature together.
