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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1990
GOVT STEPS UP ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PUBLICITY
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THE GOVERNMENT IS ALL SET TO STEP UP PUBLICITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO COMPLEMENT ITS 10-YEAR PLAN TO TACKLE POLLUTION PROBLEM, THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION'S (HKGGA) "ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION DAY" AT VICTORIA PARK, MR FUNG SAID A TOTAL OF $400,000 WAS ALLOCATED IN THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEAR TO DRIVE HOME THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MESSAGE.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY ALSO NOTED THAT TO IMPLEMENT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND NEW MEASURES, THE GOVERNMENT HAD INTRODUCED A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH, AND THE DRAINAGE SERVICES AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS.
"TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SOLVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, GOVERNMENT EFFORTS ALONE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT. IT ALSO TAKES THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS TO DISSEMINATE THE CLEAN ENVIRONMENT MESSAGE, HE SAID.
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MR FUNG WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE HKGGA AND ITS DISTRICT BRANCHES HAD MADE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN THIS RESPECT.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT SINCE ITS FORMATION 75 YEARS AGO, THE ASSOCIATION HAD GRADUALLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS ONE OF THE BIGGEST UNIFORMED GROUPS WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF MORE THAN 30,000.
"THE ASSOCIATION IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND HAS ORGANISED NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS FUND RAISING DRIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY CHEST AND SERVICE PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY," HE SAID, ADDING THAT THIS HAD NURTURED YOUNG GIRLS TO BECOME USEFUL CITIZENS IN THE SOCIETY.
DURING THE CEREMONY, THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE HKGGA, LADY AKERS-JONES AND MR FUNG PRESENTED TROPHIES ΤΟ WINNERS OF TWO ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMPETITIONS.
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MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE TURNED OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE "ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION DAY" AND SHARED THE FUN IN STALL GAMES AND VARIETY SHOW.
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