Cultivation Camp | To open to the public

The Cultivation Camp at Hac Sa Park welcomed 300 visitors during the Green Week event. The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) has announced that the camp will be open to the public.
According to Leong Kun Fong – who is a representative of the Administration Committee of the IACM – the Cultivation Camp, which is also a vegetable farm, will be used for tourism-related purposes. With hopes of helping to promote tourism in Taipa and Coloane, the civic authority considers the farm to be both a suitable option for residents to spend family time while farming and a good opportunity to enhance public awareness of green environments. Leong said that “the number of visitors will be limited, so groups of visitors will be randomly selected through a draw.” The farm will be open to the public for a period of three months, during which time visitors will be able to learn how to plant and harvest a crop.
Currently, there are more than 40 parks in Macau.
“Parks should not serve only as entertainment; they should also exist for residents to study different plants and insects,” said Leong.
The Cultivation Camp covers an area of around 5,000 square meters, 60 percent of which is a planting area where lettuce, carrots, radishes and other vegetables are grown.  Staff reporter