SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1992
GREENING STRATEGY IS NEEDED FOR HONG KONG
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SAID
THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED,
THEIR FUNDAMENTAL TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT PEOPLE'S DESIRE NOT TO LOOSE
MEANT THAT THE LINKS WITH NATURE AND JOY IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT "GREENING OF HONG KONG" IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME.
SPEAKING AT THE 1992 SHELL BETTER ENVIRONMENT AWARDS SCHEME ENTRIES PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, DR REED SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE TO THE SCHEME WERE CONCERNED WITH GREEN AND GROWING THINGS.
THERE HAD COMPARED WITH 15 OR EVEN 10 YEARS AGO, DR REED SAID, BEEN GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION, AND THE PROVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE.
ENVIRONMENT TO STREETS AND MORE OPEN
THEIR "BUT OUR COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS PERCEIVE BE POOR UNTIL WE SEE MORE GREENERY ABOUT OUR SPACES WITHIN OUR ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID.
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DR REED ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THE
TO AND DISTRICT BOARDS HAD PAID MUCH ATTENTION EFFORTS WAS ON A PROJECT-BY-PROJECT BASIS.
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS GREENERY, ALL THESE
"MOVES ARE ALREADY AFOOT TO FORMULATE A TERRITORIAL LANDSCAPE
THE URBAN STRATEGY AND
COUNCIL HAS VERY RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A UP A WORKING GROUP TO DRAW
LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE TREE PLANTING STRATEGY FOR THE URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG.
"WITH THESE AND RELATED DEVELOPMENTS, WE ARE EVIDENTLY
BE ANYTHING
LOOKING
AT A MORE ORCHESTRATED APPROACH, WHICH NEWS FOR THE GREENING OF HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE,
CAN'T
BUT GOOD
"
HE SAID,
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CONDOLENCES TO ICAC HEAD'S FAMILY * * **
THE DEPUTY ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, ISSUED FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, MR PETER ALLAN:
THE
THE
DEATH OF
"I AM SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE SUDDEN PETER ALLAN THIS MORNING. HE WAS A FINE MAN, MUCH RESPECTED BY US AND DOING A GREAT JOB AS HEAD OF THE ICAC. I WILL MISS HIM GREATLY
HIS WIFE A FRIEND AND A COLLEAGUE. MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES GO TO AND TO ALL HIS FAMILY.
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