TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1991
QUEEN AND GOVERNOR CONGRATULATE SERVICEMEN IN THE GULF
THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES HONG
KONG, MAJOR GENERAL PETER DUFFELL, BAS RECEIVED MESSAGES FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, CONGRATULATING BRITISH SERVICEMEN IN THE GULF.
ABOUT 200 GURKHA SOLDIERS FROM THE GURKHA TRANSPORT REGIMENT IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE GULF SINCE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR AS PART OF THE ALLIED FORCES. THEY ARE AT PRESENT STILL OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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THE MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN READS: *I AM DELIGHTED BY THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN THE GULF, THE ARMED FORCES HAVE DONE US PROUD. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PASS MY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE HERE AT HOME WHO, LIKE YOU, HAVE WORKED UNREMITTINGLY TO ENSURE THIS SUCCESS. AT THE SAME TIME, MY DEEP SYMPATHY GOES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED OR ARR MISSING, AND TO THEIR WOUNDED COMRADES.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, READS: "HONG KONG HAS FOLLOWED CLOSELY EVENTS IN THE GULF OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IN PARTICULAR THE DIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE GARRISON HAS BEEN VERY MUCH IN ALL OUR MINDS.
"YOU WILL BY NOW HAVE SEEN THE MESSAGE OF L'ONGRATULATIONS FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND TO THIS I SHOULD LIKE ΤΟ ADD MY OWN CONGRATULATIONS TOGETHER WITH THE BEST WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG RONG FOR ALL THAT THOSE MEMBERS OF THE GARRISON HAVE ACHIEVED. THEY CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THE PART THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED IN BRINGING THIS CAMPAIGN TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION,'
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PERSISTENT NEGLECT A THREAT TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
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PERSISTENT NEGLECT AND CREEPING INCREMENTAL DETERIORATION ARE A GREATER THREAT TO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT THAN HEADLINE-GRABBING POLLUTION INCIDENTS SUCH AS THOSE CAUSED BY THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SERIOUS AS THEY CERTAINLY ARE, THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG, DR REED SAID: "THE OIL AND SMOKE PROBLEMS IN THE GULF ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS AND MAY WELL PERSIST FOR SOME TIME, BUT THEY ARE A LONG WAY FROM BEING A GLOBAL DISASTER.
"THE NATURE OF GLOBAL DISASTERS IS RATHER DIFFERENT. HR SAID. "THEY CREEP UP INCREMENTALLY, OFTEN ARISING FROM MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS THAT
PROLIFERATE IN SHADOWS, OUTSIDE OF THE GLARE OF PUBLICITY.
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