MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1990
MRS LAM SAID FOLLOWING THE FIRST MEETING OF THE ECC, FOUR WORKING GROUPS, ON EDUCATION, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CAMPAIGN, RESOURCES AND PUBLICITY, HAVE BEEN SET UP.
A TOTAL OF $4 MILLION WILL BE DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR THE COMMITTEE TO ORGANISE ENVIRONMENTALLY RELATED PROGRAMMES.
ON THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PLANS, MRS LAM SAID THE EDUCATION WORKING GROUP IS PLANNING TO FORM A COMPUTER DATABASE OF INFORMATION MATERIALS OF LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS FOR RESIDENTS' EASY REFERENCE.
THIS WILL HELP STRENGTHEN CO-ORDINATION AMONG ENVIRONMENTAL BODIES AND IDENTIFY THE AVAILABILITY OF AND THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS.
MRS LAM SAID THE EDUCATION WORKING GROUP IS ALSO PLANNING TO PRODUCE TEACHING KITS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR PRIMARY AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROJECTS COMPETITIONS WILL BE ENCOURAGED OR ORGANISED IN SCHOOLS.
OR
PROTECTION
THE GROUP IS PREPARING TO DRAW UP AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST FOR SMALL FACTORIES SO THAT THESE FACTORIES CAN CHECK WHETHER THEIR EQUIPMENT HAS CAUSED POLLUTION PROBLEMS.
PLANNING TO
ON MAJOR ACTIVITIES, MRS LAM SAID THE ECC IS LAUNCH TWO LARGE-SCALE CAMPAIGNS THIS YEAR. ONE IS THE 1990 WORLD
WHICH WILL ENVIRONMENT DAY PROGRAMME IN JUNE, WHICH
BE ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CAMPAIGN WORKING GROUP.
AN ANTI-POLLUTION
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ANOTHER CAMPAIGN WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. THIS CAMPAIGN, ORGANISED UPON REQUEST FROM THE 19 DISTRICT BOARDS, IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS ΤΟ MINIMISE WASTE AND LEARN TO RE-USE AND RECYCLE WASTE MATERIALS.
TO ENCOURAGE VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, MRS LAM SAID A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL BE USED TO SPONSOR LOCAL GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS IN HOLDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES.
DETAILS OF THE FUND ALLOCATION PROCEDURES WILL BE ANNOUNCED JUNE 5, THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, MRS LAM SAID.
ON
EXPLAINING THE SLOGAN OF THE ECC, "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
EVERY STARTS WITH ME", MRS LAM CONCLUDED THAT SHE HOPES
RESIDENT IN HONG KONG CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT RIGHT AWAY IN STARTING THE WAR AGAINST POLLUTION.
THE ADDRESS OF SECRETARIAT IS 27TH FLOOR,
130
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SOUTHORN CENTRE,
HENNESSY ROAD, WAN
CHAI.
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