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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1992
A SPOKESMAN FOR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN THE SITUATION.
SAID ALL BRIEFED ABOUT THE
THE CENTRE TODAY CENTRE HAD BEEN WELL
(WEDNESDAY}
HE SAID STAFF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCIES' WORKERS HAD BEEN VERY CO-OPERATIVE IN EASING TENSION WITHIN THE CENTRE.
SITUATION REMAINED STABLE IN THE CENTRE, HE SAID, THOUGH SOME PEOPLE FROM SECTION 'D' AND 'E' BEGAN TO GATHER AMIDST A SMALL FIRE BROKE OUT AT AN EMPTY HUT IN SECTION 'B' AT ABOUT 2.30 PM.
THE FIRE, WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHILDREN, WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT AND THE CROWDS DISPERSED FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CENTRE MANAGEMENT.
VIEWS INVITED ON MARINE PARKS AND RESERVES PROPOSALS
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON PROPOSALS FOR KONG IN HONG ESTABLISHMENT OF MARINE PARKS AND MARINE RESERVES INVITED TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ENDS FEBRUARY 29.
THE ARE
ON
SAID
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT
PARKS AND MARINE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP MARINE
CONSERVE RESERVES WAS TO
SENSITIVE MARINE HABITATS OF ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE THREATS TO THE LOCAL MARINE AS ENVIRONMENT DUE TO POLLUTION, LAND RECLAMATION AND ACTIVITIES SUCH CORAL COLLECTION.
HE SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF SETTING UP MARINE RESERVES, WERE:
PARKS
AND MARINE
*
TO CONTROL
ACTIVITIES WHICH
MIGHT CAUSE
то DAMAGE
THE
MARINE ENVIRONMENT;
TO ENHANCE THE WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS;
MEANS FOR HUMAN ACTIVITIES TO BE INTERGRATED WITH THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE RESOURCES;
*
TO PROVIDE WAYS AND
AND
TO PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE LIFE.
/A MARINE