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MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1989
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SUPPORT
MR WAN URGED THE RESIDENTS OF THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION AND TO THE TREE-PLANTING ACTIVITIES.
ALSO IN THE
PLEDGE
OPENING ADDRESS, CHAIRMAN OF ENVIRONMENTAL THE TENANT'S IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, TUEN MUN, TSO SHIU-WAI, CALLED ON TO PRESERVE THE PLANTS IN THE ESTATE AREA AS "TREES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAINTAINING A LIVELY ENVIRONMENT. TREES CAN PURIFY AIR, PREVENT SOIL EROSION, AND PRESERVE SOIL WATER.
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A SIMILAR APPEAL WAS MADE BY SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER LAM HUNG-CHIU IN HIS OPENING REMARKS.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDI:
THE PARTICIPANTS OF TODAY'S TREE-PLANTING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOUTH CENTRE
THEIR MEMBERS, SCHOOL CHILDREN AND
PRINCIPALS, HOUSING RESIDENTS FROM THE HELPING HAND HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY.
STAFF,
AND
JUNE 5 WAS DESIGNATED AS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY BY THE UNITED NATIONS IN 1972. SINCE THEN WED HAD BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT CELEBRATED IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD WITH THE PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE CENTRAL THEME.
APART FROM CELEBRATING THE WED, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT
ORGANISED THE TREE-PLANTING FUNCTIONS WITH TWO SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: FIRSTLY, TO EDUCATE THE ESTATE TENANTS THE NEED TO PROTECT THE PLANTS IN ESTATES; AND SECONDLY, ΤΟ PROMOTE PUBLIC'S PARTICIPATION IN IMPROVING THE ESTATE ENVIRONMENT.
SIX OTHER HOUSING ESTATES AND ONE TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA WILL CONDUCT A SERIES OF PLANTING ACTIVITIES FROM JUNE 9 TO 18 IN SUPPORT OF THE WED.
RESULTS OF 1987 SURVEY ON TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES
TODAY
THE 1987 SURVEY OF TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES RELEASED (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THAT 34.562 TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS WERE IN OPERATION DURING THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1987, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1 PER CENT OVER 1986.
THEY ENGAGED, IN TOTAL, 143,236 PERSONS, AN INCREASE OF 4 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
/IN 1987