SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1991
"A MULTILATERAL DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA IS IN VIEW OF THE EXPIRY OF THE ARRANGEMENT AT THE YEAR," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
NECESSARY
END OF JULY THIS
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION ARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF GENERAL OF TRADE, MR ROBERT FOOTMAN,
REPRESENTATIVE DEPUTY
OF THE HONG KONG TRADE, MR PATRICK LAU AND ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN GENEVA, MR ANDREW WONG.
TREE PLANTING VITAL TO NATURE CONSERVATION
THE
ARE COMMUNITY
AWARE OF THE
IT IS ONLY WHEN MEMBERS OF VALUE OF TREES THAT EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO CONSERVE THEM.
AND FISHERIES,
DAY
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE DR LAWRENCE LEE, WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY TREE PLANTING AT HOI HA IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.
FROM THEY ARE AFFORDING
DR LEE SAID: "TREES ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. APART PROVIDING AN ATTRACTIVE GREEN CANOPY TO OUR COUNTRYSIDE,
STOPPING IN ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY NATURAL HABITATS FOR A VARIETY OF OUR WILDLIFE."
PLANTING TODAY'S
ACTIVITY
SOIL
EROSION
AND IN
WAS ORGANISED
BY
ROTARY "PRESERVE ROTARY
345 TO KICK OFF ITS THREE-YEAR INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PLANET EARTH" PROJECT IN HONG KONG. THE PROJECT IS LAUNCHED BY INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE TO HELP THE EARTH FROM DECAYING.
FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN NATURE AND FRIENDS TO TAKE
DR LEE COMMENDED THE ROTARIANS CONSERVATION AND FOR MOBILISING THEIR FAMILIES PART IN TREE PLANTING.
CLUBS FOR THEIR GENEROUS PARK LEAFLETS
IN ADDITION, HE THANKED THE ROTARY SPONSORSHIP OF $50,000 FOR THE PUBLICATION OF COUNTRY TO PROMULGATE THE COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION MESSAGE.
THE VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR CHARLES KAO, AND OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
ARTHUR THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 345, MR AU.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S FUNCTION WERE
VITAL STEP PROFESSOR KAO POINTED OUT THAT TREE PLANTING WAS A
STEP IN PRESERVING THE NATURAL IN REFORESTATION AND A FUNDAMENTAL BALANCE OF LIFE ON EARTH.
RESOLVING PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE GRADUAL WARMING
WHICH WERE
OF
BY
KAO
TREES COULD PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN DEPLETION OF THE OZONE LAYER, ACID RAIN AND OUR CLIMATE THROUGH A EXCESSIVE GENERATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND OTHER GASES, PROFESSOR
GREEN HOUSE
EFFECT,
CAUSED
ADDED.
"TREE PLANTING