Hong Kong Stories

My Country Park My Love (43x5)

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About 40 per cent of land in Hong Kong has been designated as country parks. The parks are extensively planted with verdant trees, and filled with hiking trails. While we are enjoying the nature, many people are quietly working behind the scene. Former Assistant Director of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Dr WONG Fook-yee will tell us in detail the work of the planning of the country parks in the past years, and how the unused land are transformed into dense forests. Country parks protect the best land and preserve biodiversity for Hong Kong. A group of nature lovers use their own way to guard the countryside and let us rethink about how we should behave when we are enjoying the nature. Teddy started hiking in 2002, and he set up a website to share travel information. In recent years, he wrote an article called “Hiking Manners”, with a view to promoting high-quality hiking culture. Seeing that there was an increase in refuse in our countryside, Terry organized a volunteer group to clean up hiking trails on a regular basis. On the other hand, Sister Lin, who runs a kiosk, helps to reduce the plastic waste in the countryside by means of an “environmental-friendly refill” method. As a guest of nature, if you can practise “leave no trace” and do not leave any trace every time you visit, it will be your most basic respect for the nature.