A hiking trail from Tung Chung to Lantau. Photo: Martin Chan

The trail from Tai Long to Tai Wan, Sai Kung peninsula. Photo: Martin Chan

During an aerial survey, Profesor Lee Talbot crash landed off Lantau on March 7, 1965, which the Post reported (left). Photos: SCMP

Governor Murray MacLehose in 1976. Photo: SCMP

The uphill battle for our green havens - Hong Kong's country parks

Following a controversial suggestion that country parks could be used for housing, we look at how they were established in the first of a series

Published: 12:00am, 20 Sep, 2013

Updated: 4:07am, 20 Sep, 2013

A hiking trail from Tung Chung to Lantau. Photo: Martin Chan

The trail from Tai Long to Tai Wan, Sai Kung peninsula. Photo: Martin Chan

During an aerial survey, Profesor Lee Talbot crash landed off Lantau on March 7, 1965, which the Post reported (left). Photos: SCMP

Governor Murray MacLehose in 1976. Photo: SCMP

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