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facilities; or vehicle owners in maintaining their vehicles
properly to reduce excessive smoke; and every member of the
community in the fight against litter.
OVERALL POLICY OBJECTIVES
8.4
The
Government's
overall
ob jectives for
environmental
education are
to make
ou r
community, including specific
sections of the community, aware of their
responsibilities in creating and maintaining
a healthy and pleasant environment;
to
encourage the develop ment, through the
formal e du cation system,
of a well informed,
environmentally
community;
aware
and responsible
to
make professionals
concerned
with
development, and decision makers, more aware
of the imp lications
the environment
their decisions on
of
and the health and welfare
of our
community.
CURRENT PROGRAMMES
General Publicity and Information
8.5
several publicity campaigns
Over the past few
years the Government has run
comprising poster,
pamphlets,
and television "Announcements in the Public Interest",
aimed at increasing public awareness of the problems caused
by
pollution or high lighting
the way specific sectors of
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