SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1989
GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR TOTAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT
IN PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT
宰
THE
SIR
DAVID WILSON, HAS
CALLED FOR
THE
CO-
HELP PROTECT
AND
GOVERNOR, OPERATION AND SUPPORT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO
MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT.
THE
VARIETY
IN A MESSAGE BROADCAST ON TVB'S WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
SAID GOVERNOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SHOW THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING,
FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DO: IT PROTECTION WAS NOT SIMPLY SOMETHING
WHERE WORLD ENVIRONMENT NEEDED EVERYBODY TO CO-OPERATE AND THAT WAS DAY CAME IN.
KNOW
"ALL OF US
THAT THE ENVIRONMENT DETERIORATED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS," HE SAID.
IN
HONG
KONG HAS
AIR WE POLLUTION, THE GOVERNOR SAID, COULD BE FELT FROM THE
ON THE BEACHES, SOME OF BREATHED, HEARD FROM THE NOISES, AND SEEN WHICH WERE NO LONGER FIT FOR SWIMMING.
SO. WE HAVE
"IT IS TIME NOW TO ACT; THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, WE HAVE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY INTRODUCED.
"FOR
RECENTLY INTRODUCED INSTANCE. WE
INTO THE
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL A BILL TO PROTECT THE OZONE LAYER.
"AND
WITH THE
WE HAVE MASSIVE ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES TO DEAL
ΤΟ DEAL WITH QUESTION OF SEWAGE. WE ARE ALSO BRINGING IN MEASURES WASTE DISPOSAL SO THAT WASTE WILL BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY AND NOT HAVE A DAMAGING EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT," SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE "NEXT MONDAY IS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY. THAT IS THE DAY
EVERY YEAR TO JUNE OF
WHICH THE WHOLE WORLD HAS SET ASIDE CONCENTRATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
5TH
——
HAVE CHOSEN то PLANS WHICH THE TO
"THAT IS THE DAY, TOO, WHICH WE IN HONG KONG PUBLISH OUR OWN WHITE PAPER WHICH WILL SHOW GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF POLLUTION AND HOW PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT OVER THE COMING YEARS," HE SAID.
ORGANISATIONS
TO
THE
ENORMOUS SUPPORT
ACTIVITIES
OF WORLD
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE GIVEN BY ALL ENVIRONMENT DAY.
"BUT
OF SORTS
I SHOULD LIKE TO CALL ON EVERYBODY TO TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES TO SHOW THEIR CONCERN FOR HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT, DO THEIR OWN BIT TO PROTECT IT AND TO MAINTAIN IT.
"AFTER ALL. IT IS OUR PROTECT IT, SIR DAVID SAID.
ENVIRONMENT
THESE
AND
TO
AND WE
SHARE
A
DUTY
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