THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1987
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HK PEOPLE URGED TO PLAY THEIR PART
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE ON THE GREEN PAPER OUTLINING WAYS IN WHICH THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG MIGHT BE FURTHER DEVELOPED.
ADDRESSING THE ZONTA CLUB OF KOWLOON DURING ITS INSTALLATION CEREMONY, HE SAID THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
"ALL OBSERVERS WILL BE TAKING NOTE BOTH OF WHAT IS SAID AND OF THE DEGREE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE. I REPEAT: BOTH FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT.
"THE GOVERNMENT HAS PRINTED ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER AND MADE SPECIAL EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THEBE CAN BE COLLECTED AS CONVENIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
"SO WE HAVE PLAYED OUR PART. NOW IT IS UP то THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO PLAY THEIRS," MR TSAO SAID.
HE CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE ZONTA CLUB TO TAKE THE LEAD, THINK HARD ABOUT THE VARIOUS OPTIONS IDENTIFIED AND CONTRIBUTE ΤΟ PUBLIC DEBATE.
"THE WAY AHEAD FOR ALL OF US, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY, IS A CHALLENGING ONE. WE HAVE TO WORK OUT WHAT HONG KONG WILL BE LIKE AFTER 1997 AND HOW WE DEVELOP IN THE INTERIM TO MEET THAT FUTURE SITUATION.
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"BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CITIZENS. RATHER IT IS AN EXERCISE ON WHICH TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY FORWARD," HE ADDED.
BEACH GRADING SYSTEM RECOMMENDED
A GOVERNMENT INTER-DEPARTMENT GROUP WILL RECOMMEND URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCILS A SYSTEM OF GRADING BEACHES BASED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S REGULAR
WATER QUALITY.
SYSTEM THE GRADING NAMELY GOOD, ACCEPTABLE AND
ESTABLISHED
(THURSDAY).
BEACH
WATER
TO THE ON THE BEACH
OF MONITORING
CATEGORIES,
OF
THE BEACHES POOR,
WAS AGREED
POLLUTION GROUP
AT
THREE INTO
ON
ITS
BY
THE RECENTLY MEETING TODAY
THE GRADING