FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1976
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MEANWHILE, WORK HAS JUST BEGUN ON A SMALLER INTERIM SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS AT FO TAN TO HELP PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AT SHA TIN BEFORE THE NEW PERMANENT TREATMENT WORKS COMES ON STREAM.
THE INTERIM PLANT IS BEING PROVIDED AS AN ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARD AND WILL BE IN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING TEMPORARY PLANT WHICH NOW HANDLES SEWAGE WASTE IN SHA TIN.
WHEN COMPLETED IN APRIL NEXT YEAR, THE INTERIM PLANT WILL TRIPLE EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES AT SHA TIN AND ENSURE THAT TOLO HARBOUR IS NOT POLLUTED BEFORE THE HUGE PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS IS READY.
FIRST MINERAL EXHIBITION IN HONG KONG
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY OPENED AN EXHIBITION OF MINERALS AT THE CITY HALL TODAY.
HE HOPED THE EXHIBITION WOULD GENERATE GREATER INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM IN THE STUDY OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCE AND MINERAL ENGINEERING IN HONG KONG.
+ IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THIS EXHIBITION IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG AND I AM SURE THAT IT WILL ENABLE THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO VIEW AND PERCEIVE NATURE'S OWN WONDERS AND BEAUTY IN THE FORM OF MINERALS, ROCK SPECIMENS AND CRYSTALS,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
THE DIRECTOR COMMENDED MR. STEPHEN HUI, A MINING ENGINEER, FOR ASSEMBLING THE COLLECTION OVER A PERIOD OF 35 YEARS AND IN MOUNTING THE FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT AN ASPECT OF THE NATURAL WORLD ESSENTIAL TO MAN.
MINERALS HAVE PROVIDED MAN NOT ONLY WITH THE ESSENTIAL MATERIALS OF CIVILISATION BUT ALSO WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND PRECIOUS ORNAMENTS.
MR. TOPLEY POINTED OUT THAT MINERALS HAVE A FAR GREATER IMPORTANCE TO MAN THAN THEIR AESTHETIC APPEAL.
+THROUGHOUT HISTORY MAN HAS USED THEM FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. WITH EACH SUCCEEDING GENERATION MAN'S DEPENDENCE ON MINERALS HAS BECOME GREATER.
+THEY MAKE OUR MODERN CIVILISATION POSSIBLE FOR ALL INORGANIC MATERIALS USED IN MODERN LIFE THAT ARE NOT MINERALS THEMSELVES ARE MINERAL IN ORIGIN, FOR EXAMPLE STAINLESS STEEL AND FIBRE GLASS,
+ IT IS EVIDENT THAT MAN'S PROGRESS WOULD NOT HAVE COME ABOUT WITHOUT THE EXTENSIVE USE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS, AND IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY WILL BE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN FUTURE YEARS,+ HE SAID.