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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1990
UNDERSTANDING, PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT A BIG CHALLENGE
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CHALLENGES FACING TOWARDS A NEW
PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NEED TO PROTECT IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AS HONG KONG MOVES CENTURY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
FUND FOR SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD WIDE NATURE HONG KONG PETER SCOTT FIELD STUDIES CENTRE AT MAI PO, SIR DAVID IN THAT SAID THE OPENING OF THE CENTRE WOULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART PROCESS.
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GREATER HOPE IT BRINGS ENJOYMENT AND NATURE TO EVER INCREASING NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG,
UNDERSTANDING OF
HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG LIVED IN OF THE MOST CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS IN THE WORLD, AND IT WAS ALSO ONE THE WORLD'S CROSSROADS.
ONE OF
AIRPORT, AND
LAST YEAR 16.2 MILLION PASSENGERS USED KAI TAK MANY CAME AS TOURISTS TO SEE THE FASCINATING CITY THAT HONG KONG WAS.
SIR DAVID SAID, FORTUNATELY, OUTSIDE ITS URBAN ENVIRONMENT HONG THE MARSHLAND OF KONG HAD LARGE AREAS OF UNSPOILT COUNTRYSIDE, AND MAI PO WAS AN IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE PART OF IT,
MAI "IT IS PERHAPS ONLY A SLIGHT EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THE
MIGRATORY SPECIES PO
MARSHES ARE THE KAI TAK OF THE BIRD WORLD. 180 STOPPED OFF THERE ON THE WAY TO AND FROM OTHER DESTINATIONS.
AS SIGNIFICANCE
A
"MAI PO IS THUS OF MAJOR INTERNATIONAL
SIR DAVID SAID. STOPOVER FOR MIGRATORY BIRD TRAFFIC,
"
GOVERNOR SAID ITS PRESERVATION WAS AMPLY JUSTIFIED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
SHOULD
ITS
BUT IN OUR CROWDED ENVIRONMENT HERE WE COULD NOT AFFORD THAT IT
A OF
OR FEW PEOPLE
A FEW PRESERVE BECOME SIMPLY
SPECIALISTS.
SUCH AN
THE
"WE NEED TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE PRESENCE IN OUR MIDST OF ΤΟ EDUCATE OUR POPULATION, RESERVE NATURE IMPORTANT
OF THE IN
IMPORTANCE HE SAID.
YOUNG
PEOPLE,
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PARTICULARLY ENVIRONMENT AND OF WILDLIFE,
THE
NATURAL
IN THE
WORLD WIDE
THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT HONG KONG WAS VERY FORTUNATE ENERGETIC APPROACH TAKEN BY THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE FUND FOR NATURE IN MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING MAI PO AS A RESERVE.
"I HAVE
BEEN
CONSTANTLY IMPRESSED
ORGANISATIONAL ABILITY WHICH THEY HAVE SHOWN,
WITH THE VIGOUR AND
"T
SIR DAVID SAID.
/HE SAID