SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1993
COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARD ENVIRONMENT
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION FOR OUR NATURAL RESERVE WAS THE COMMITMENT OF A NEW GENERATION то SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT.
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY DEDICATING TWO GEI WAIS TO THE WORLDWILD FUND FOR THE NATURE AT MAI PO, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "WE INTEND TO GIVE MORE LEGAL PROTECTION TO THE AREA IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED SITE THAT IT IS.
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"BUT I THINK THE BEST PROTECTION THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY IS BY ENSURING THAT MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE, MORE AND MORE OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS RESERVE AND UNDERSTAND FOR THEMSELVES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR NATURAL НАВІТАТ, OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
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"THE BEST POSSIBLE PROTECTION IS THE COMMITMENT OF A GENERATION ΤΟ SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS PART OF THE INHERITANCE, PART OF THE TRUST WHICH ALL OF US WILL IN DUE COURSE PASS ON TO THEM.
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THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT MAJ PO ATTRACTED ABOUT 30,000 VISITORS EVERY YEAR, 10,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN AS WELL AS 100,000
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HE THANKED WHARF HOLDING FOR MAKING THE DONATION TO ADD A LARGE NUMBER OF HECTARES OF GEI WAIS TO THE NATURE RESERVE.
I THINK OUR AMBITION IS ALTOGETHER TO ADD ABOUT 115 HECTARES, HE SAID.
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"YOU'VE MADE A SPLENDID CONTRIBUTION TO THAT AND IN ADDITION ΤΟ YOUR CONTRIBUTION, GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO BE PUTTING IN $16 MILLION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESERVE."
CS HEADS HIGH-POWERED DELEGATION TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, IS TO HEAD A HIGH-POWERED DELEGATION TO PROMOTE HONG KONG AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) AT DAVOS IN SWITZERLAND,
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF WEF BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF THE WORLD'S ΤΟΡ CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC CO- OPERATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS.
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HONG KONG WILL HAVE NINE REPRESENTATIVES SIR DAVID FORD, MR TH CHAU (SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY) MR JOHN BOND (GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HSBC HOLDINGS), DR EDGAR CHENG (CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, WORLD-WIDE INVESTMENT), DR VICTOR FUNG (CHAIRMAN, TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL), MR MICHAEL GALF (CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATIONS), MR RICHARD LT (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, HUTCHVISION), MR ROBERT NG (CHAIRMAN, SINO GROUP) AND MR DAVID WONG (CHAIRMAN, DAH SING FINANCIAL HOLDINGS).
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