Country Park

Letters to the Editor, March 14, 2013

14 Mar 2013

I would not be in favour of land on which underused sports facilities, yacht clubs and camp sites are located being turned into sites for new flats.

2:59AM

Officers step up battle to rein in Sai Kung's feral cattle

10 Mar 2013

Country park officials have set up barriers and planted bushes to stop herds of feral cows harassing weekenders and scavenging food from barbecue sites.

6:36AM

Government contractors trash environment

27 Oct 2012

Environmentalists have been angered by the construction debris that government contractors have created in a scenic area near the Sai Kung Country Park. For reasons best known to itself, the...

2:52AM

Battle to protect our country parks

27 May 2011

The 54 pockets of private land that lie within or near our pristine country parks are a headache that authorities are on the verge of doing something about.

10:56AM

Politicians and tycoons show little concern for environment

6 Oct 2008

It was pleasing to read that Hongkongers' concern for heritage and the environment could soon become a 'core value' ('Heritage and ecology values may become part of HK branding', September 29)....

8:09AM

Are concrete paths ruining Hong Kong's country parks?

28 Nov 2007

Each week our two teenagers debate a hot topic. This week ...

Dennis Wu, 17, St Joseph's College

Hong Kong is not just a centre of finance and trade. There's actually a...

12:17PM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

3 comments

4:10AM

A colonial legacy this city rightly cherishes

If there is a colonial legacy that has been absolutely positive, it is the network of country parks that now cover 38 per cent of Hong Kong's land mass. Without them, the city, with its fug and...

11:57PM

Parks official praises city's 'refuges'

Country parks are refuges in the city whose future will depend on their distinctive character being retained, a senior outgoing conservation official said, announcing a series of activities to...

11:45PM

Rural works must respect natural heritage

Late governor Murray MacLehose needed all the persistence and endurance of the keen hiker that he was to push through the legislation in 1975 that created country parks.

6:49PM

Atrocities with a cement mixer

Flying into Hong Kong on a rare, unpolluted day when there is a clear view, passengers get a glorious view of the New Territories. But what are those concrete staircases, marching relentlessly...

2:13PM

Country parks plus other protected areas

Despite its reputation as a densely populated, high-rise city, Hong Kong is far greener than most of its residents tend to realise.

2:25PM

BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS FOR COUNTRY PARK RAILINGS

I write in support of those correspondents who have expressed concern about the railings installed along the catchwaters in country parks.

6:32AM