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SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1989
THE GOVERNOR PRAISED THE PARTICIPATING CYC MEMBERS FOR THEIR PIONEERING EFFORTS WHICH HE DESCRIBED АЯ "AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT".
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"THROUGH THEIR ENTHUSIASM THEY WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS то TAKE PART IN BOTH ENJOYING AND PRESERVING OUR COUNTRY PARKS, SIR DAVID SAID, ADDING THAT LOOKING AFTER THE COUNTRY PARKS "WILL BE NOT ONLY A JOB WELL DONE IT SHOULD BE FUN TOO".
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JOINING SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON AT THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DE LAWRENCE LEE, AND THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T.
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IN THEIR SPEECHES, BOTH DR LEE AND MR LI SPOKE OF THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION, INVOLVING THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS.
DR LEE SAID THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE TWO DEPARTMENTS HAD ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS AND THAT THE CYC COUNTRY PARKS ADOPTION SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THIS AREA.
MR LI SAID THAT HIS 19 CYC DISTRICT COMMITTEES WERE FULLY COMMITTED TO COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION.
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"IT IS PARTICULARLY FITTING THAT YOUNG LEADING ROLE AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS SCHEME, HE SAID.
CLOSE CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, DAME LYDIA DUNN, TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT TO CO-OPERATE CLOSELY TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DAY '89 BEING HELD AT VICTORIA PARK, DAME LYDIA SAID INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WOULD RESULT IN HEAVY LOSS TO BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS.
"WHAT IS MORE REGRETTABLE IS THE HUMAN SUFFERING THAT IS CAUSED BY ACCIDENTS," SHE ADDED.
"TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT THERE MUST BE CLOSE CO-OPERATION AMONG EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT.
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