Maybe a few more rules for parks

In the concrete jungle of Hong Kong, we love our parks.

The emotional attachment we have to every precious patch of grass seems excessive and unfathomable to people from other cities, where wide stretches of rural land is only a few hours away by car.

In Hong Kong, the urban sprawl has displaced what used to be paddy fields and fish farms. The rural townships along the railway line from Hunghom in the city to Lowu at the border with Shenzhen have long been incorporated into the urban district with tall buildings housing hundreds of thousands of families.