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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990

LONG-TERM CAMPAIGN TO COMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY

CAMPAIGN

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF A LONG-TERM PUBLICITY AND EDUCATION

TO COMPLEMENT THE GOVERNMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

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OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL THE VICTORIA PARK, SIR DAVID SAID THE THE STATUTORY WASTE PROGRAMME FOR THE THE ENVIRONMENT AND

PROTECTION FESTIVAL PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER LAST YEAR AND

HAD MAPPED DISPOSAL PLAN

OUT A COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE PROGRESSIVE STEPS TO PROTECT TO REDUCE POLLUTION TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.

"THE STRATEGY IS A FAR-SIGHTED ONE WHICH

THE 21ST CENTURY.

TAKES

US WELL INTO

IMPROVE AIR AND

WATER QUALITY,

"IT INCLUDES MEASURES TO CONTROL WASTE DISPOSAL AND TO DEVELOP AND UPGRADE A SEWAGE SYSTEM WHICH SERVES THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG," SIR DAVID SAID.

ENVIRONMENTAL

CAMPAIGN

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD A KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS WORTHWHILE CAUSE.

HE SAID BY LAUNCHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL

THE WHICH WAS THE FIRST-EVER BEING HELD IN HONG KONG,

COMMITTEE HAD BECOME AN IMPORTANT FOCUS IN OUR EFFORTS TO AGAINST POLLUTION.

THE FESTIVITIES WOULD

PROTECT

OUR ENVIRONMENT

YEAR,

THE

KITS

BE FOLLOWED BY A RANGE OF DISTRICT

THAT SAID SIR ACTIVITIES,

DAVID, ADDING

THIS EARLIER GOVERNMENT ALSO PROVIDED ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH EDUCATIONAL ON PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

DISCUSSION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

"THIS CAMPAIGN WILL STIMULATE AND GREATER AWARENESS OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS," HE SAID.

BOARDS,

COMMUNITY

SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE SUCH A WIDE CROSS- SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, REPRESENTING DISTRICT GROUPS, BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, GATHERING TODAY.

CAMPAIGN

ΤΟ COMMITTEE

ENVIRONMENTAL "BY HELPING THE

SPREAD PROBLEMS, AND WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL

INDIVIDUALS US ALL TO FACE THE CAN DO TO HELP REDUCE THESE PROBLEMS, YOU HELP CHALLENGE OF IMPROVING OUR ENVIRONMENT.

"THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TASK AND I WISH THE SUCCESS, HE ADDED.

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COMMITTEE EVERY

/SIR DAVID

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