develop convincing and coherent arguments present counter-arguments and prepare rebuttals To alleviate the housing problems in Hong Kong, it is proposed that part of Hong Kong’s country parks be released to develop housing. discuss your views on this proposal. Give reasons In pairs, to support your stance. The following are the excerpts of two Study the excerpts and complete the table of comparison. The country parks and special areas, which It is simply ridiculous to pull down village cover 44,300 hectares, comprise scenic houses, to which we indigenous male hills, woodlands, reservoirs and coastline villagers are entitled, in order to ‘increase in all parts of Hong Kong. The Agriculture, land supply’ and the thorny issue of ‘ease Fisheries and Conservation Department over-crowdedness’! How can people (AFCD) manages the parks and is innocently assume that many of our responsible for tree planting, plantation villagers have become urban dwellers who enhancement, conservation education, fire are not attached to our ancestral culture and prevention and fighting, development heritage? This is definitely not true. control and provision of recreational and educational facilities. Over 11 million Alternatively, slicing a small portion of visitors were recorded in 2013 and most country parks to speed up urban visitors engaged in hiking, leisure walking, development would probably cause minute fitness exercise, barbecuing, family picnics impact on the environment and literally no and camping. dispute over land ownership. The country parks belong to all of us! Sai Kung Writer The Agriculture, Fisheries and A person who is against pulling down village Conservation Department houses for residential development Possible a report/fact sheet on the country parks a letter to the editor/a post on an online source of in Hong Kong text Target the general public/country park users newspaper readers/Internet users
develop convincing and coherent arguments present counter-arguments and prepare rebuttals To alleviate the housing problems in Hong Kong, it is proposed that part of Hong Kong’s country parks be released to develop housing. In pairs, discuss your views on this proposal. Give reasons to support your stance. The following are the excerpts of two Study the excerpts and complete the table of comparison. The country parks and special areas, which cover 44,300 hectares, comprise scenic hills, woodlands, reservoirs and coastline in all parts of Hong Kong. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) manages the parks and is responsible for tree planting, plantation enhancement, conservation education, fire prevention and fighting, development control and provision of recreational and educational facilities. Over 11 million visitors were recorded in 2013 and most visitors engaged in hiking, leisure walking, fitness exercise, barbecuing, family picnics and camping. It is simply ridiculous to pull down village houses, to which we indigenous male villagers are entitled, in order to ‘increase land supply’ and ‘ease the thorny issue of over-crowdedness’! How can people innocently assume that many of our villagers have become urban dwellers who are not attached to our ancestral culture and heritage? This is definitely not true. Alternatively, slicing a small portion of country parks to speed up urban development would probably cause minute impact on the environment and literally no dispute over land ownership. The country parks belong to all of us! Sai Kung Writer The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department A person who is against pulling down village houses for residential development Possible source of text a report/fact sheet on the country parks in Hong Kong a letter to the editor/a post on an online Target the general public/country park users newspaper readers/Internet users
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