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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