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the community
can
ma ke a contribution.
by
smok e
vehicle Owners
better
e missions;
For exa mp le,
servicing of their vehicles to
eliminate
and farmers by not discharging
livestock wastes into New Territories streams. How ever
this programme has been relatively low-key, and over the
past five y ears only $400,000 has been spent on general
though much more has been spent on
and the Municipal Councils' Keep
exh orting the public to 'pitch
environmental publicity,
count ryside cons ervation
Hong Kong Clean
in'.
Campaign,
8.6
also
The
World
Environment
Day (WED) programme has
helped to raise pu blic awareness. Held annually on
5th June, but with programmes leading up to and bey ond this
date, activities have been coordinated by a sub-committee
of the EP COM, with a wide range of community groups and
commercial concerns, schools and government depart ment s
contributing to a series of outdoor and media functions,
reaching many hundreds of thousands.
of 1989 include TV special shows,
district tree-planting and clean-up
schools outdoor painting competition.
The main activities
a photo exhibition,
activities,
and a
8.7
Information is also disseminated
through :
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Interview s and talks by government staff to
me dia, schools, colleges and community
EP D staff alone have given over 600
interviews over the past two
the
groups.
talks
years.
and
Codes
of
practice (asbestos wastes,
poly chlorinated biphenyls, chemical waste)
and
guidance notes on legislation
para. 7.1.
see
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