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Chi Fu Valley Today http://cfra.efilmtech.hk/150601/p/ Historical Dairy Farm with Scottish root Patrick Manson Public Health Nature Heritage

Chi Fu Valley in 1968

Courtesy of SCMP

• Dr. Patrick Manson


"father of tropical medicine"
 "Mosquito Manson"

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (right), chair of infectious diseases at the University of Hong Kong

First Dairy Farm founded in 1886

Historical Dairy Farm in Chi Fu Valley & Pok Fu Lam

Silo Dairy Water tank or Manure Pit Paddock two small paddocks with Diagonal Steps Short bridge Piggeries Elephant Grass fields Breamar – senior staff quarter Intact Silo

Old Valuable Tree


Old Valuable Tree

A Rare Dense Colony of 34 Old Valuable Trees (mostly Ficus Microcarpa or Chinese Banyan) found in Chi Fu Valley Each Old Valuable Tree in wild is home to as many as forty some faunas Old Valuable Tree = Trunk Diameter >=1meter(s) @Breast Height or

1.3meters from Ground

Short-legged Toad, an Endangered Species in IUCN Red list

Amphibians Found in Chi Fu Valley Two Species on IUCN Redlist

• 1. Short-legged Toad, Endangered Species
• 2. Lesser Spiny Frog, Vulnerable Species

Other Species

• 3. Asian Common Toad
• 4. Green Cascade Frog
• 5. Brown Tree Frog

Avoid Bites of

ants mosquitoes – mosquitoes repellent

Hiking Gears

hiking shoes hiking suit with long sleeve shirts hats/caps gloves drinks/energy bars