SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979
GOVT TO TAKE FRESH INITIATIVE TO BRING ABOUT NEW AWARENESS OF CARE FOR ENVIRONMENT IN NT ******
THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE TO TAKE A FRESH INITIATIVE TO BRING ABOUT A NEW AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES, WHETHER IT BE DOMESTIC RUBBISH AND LITTER, FARM WASTE OR FACTORY EFFLUENT, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH HONG KONG YOUTH ENVIRONMENT FORUM HELD AT THE CHUNG CHI COLLEGE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAIDI +1 DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR STANDARD OF LIVING, WHICH IS THE AIM OF US ALL, IS COMPATIBLE WITH AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS IN DANGER OF TURNING INTO A RUBBISH DUMP,
+1 PROPOSE SHORTLY TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS IN EACH DISTRICT AS TO HOW WE SHOULD GO ABOUT GENERATING THIS INITIATIVE AND NEW AWARENESS.+
THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT DESPITE THE CREATION OF COUNTRY PARKS AND VARIOUS EFFORTS AND MEASURES TAKEN TO KEEP THE NEW TERRITOR IES CLEAN, THE LOWLAND AREAS OF THE DISTRICT HAVE BECOME STEADILY MORE POLLUTED AND MORE OF A MESS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
+PERHAPS MANY BELIEVE THAT THE SITUATION IS SO BAD THAT TO ADD TO IT WILL NOT MAKE IT WORSE, AND THAT THEY CAN DO NOTHING TO MAKE IT BETTER, THAT IT IS NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.
+THIS IS REALLY THE ATTITUDE OF MIND WHICH WE SHOULD SEEK TO REVERSE, WHICH YOU, AS YOUNG PEOPLE, IN CONVERSATION WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND RELATIONS CAN CHANGE, HE SAID.
OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS THE PROBLEM OF WASTE FROM THE PIG AND CHICKEN FARMS AND THE TEMPORARY FACTORIES WHICH IS WASHED AND DUMPED INTO THE NEAREST STREAM.
HOWEVER, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT THERE IS AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT BEING CONDUCTED IN FANLING FOR THE COLLECTION OF WASTE FROM PIG AND CHICKEN FARMS IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
+THE FARMERS LIKE IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
+ IT COULD BE EXPENSIVE IF IT WERE CARRIED OUT ON A LARGE SCALE, AND WE WILL NEED TO FIND SOME GOOD USE FOR THE MANURE THAT IS COLLECTED, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE OPERATION VIABLE.+