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PAPER A DAY

ALL AND RECYCLE

OF

IN

THIS,

HONG

WE

HE SAID.

"WE USE 1,000 TONNES OF

COLLECT SOMEHOW WE CAN $250,000 EACH DAY OR $90 MILLION EACH YEAR,

KONG

COULD

AND

IF SAVE

LITRES OF

USE OF THE WASTE AND PRODUCE VIRGIN

MR HUNG POINTED OUT THAT IT TOOK 17 TREES AND 1,500 FUEL OIL TO MAKE ONE TONNE OF PAPER. BY RECYCLING PAPER, WE MIGHT REDUCE AIR POLLUTION BY SOME 75 PER CENT THAN PRODUCING PAPER 35 PER CENT LESS WATER POLLUTION FIBRES.

PROM

"HONG KONG EXPORTED ABOUT 595,000 TONNES OF WASTE PAPER AT $450 MILLION LAST YEAR.

VALUED

AND

+

"THIS MEANS THAT THE WASTE PAPER WE COLLECTED ARE SALEABLE

HANDLING GARBAGE, THE MONEY GENERATED MAY HELP REDUCE THE COST FOR HE SAID.

SEEKING FROM

LEVEL

SUPPORT FROM THE WASTE PAPER VIA SUCH CHANNELS AS THE CITY AND NEW

MR HUNG SAID APART CONTRACTORS, THE ECC WAS ALSO PROMOTING SCHEME AT THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.

CLEANSING COLLECTION MUTUAL AID TERRITORIES

NOVEMBER 11 WASTE PAPER

"THE PILOT SCHEME CARRIED OUT IN OI MAN ESTATE ON HOUSING ESTATES TO MARK THE INAUGURATION OF THE PUBLIC COLLECTION SCHEME HAS ACHIEVED SATISFACTORY RESULTS," HE SAID.

"A TOTAL OF SIX TONNES OF WASTE PAPER WAS COLLECTED THAT HE ADDED.

SEMINAR

TODAY WERE A

DAY,

"

SENIOR HOUSING THE AT ALSO PRESENT MANAGER AND A HOUSING MANAGER OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR C.K. CHENG

AS WELL SIOU,

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL AS A AND MR S.T. OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, MR C.S. LAI.

IS

THE

PROTECTION

BODY

OF MEMBERS

WHICH ARE IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGE AND MOBILISE

A TOWARD CONTRIBUTE

BETTER

A NON-GOVERNMENT

ITS OBJECTIVE GOVERNOR.

PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO

THE ECC APPOINTED BY AWARENESS OF PEOPLE

ENVIRONMENT.

SURFACE MAIL TO LIBERIA SUSPENDED

ANNOUNCED TODAY

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, (WEDNESDAY) THAT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, LETTER AND PARCEL SERVICES SURFACE MAIL TO LIBERIA ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

ALL AIRMAIL SERVICES

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT TO LIBERIA HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE AUGUST 29 AS A RESULT THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THAT COUNTRY.

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