SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1993
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GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED TO CONSERVE ENVIRONMENT
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCILLOR, MR PETER WONG HONG-YUEN, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED UPON THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE GREATER EFFORTS IN CONSERVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE 1993 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME, MR WONG SAID EFFORTS SHOULD BE PUT IN AREAS SUCH AS GREENING THE ENVIRONMENT, MAINTAINING THE BIODIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, SLOWING DOWN GLOBAL WARMING AND ADJUSTING THE EXPLOITATION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES TO A SUSTAINABLE LEVEL.
MR WONG SAID COUNTRY PARKS WERE INVALUABLE NATURAL HERITAGE WHICH PROVIDED LOCAL PEOPLE WITH EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
"THE PARKS ARE ALSO GOOD HABITATS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE BEAUTIFUL, USEFUL AND ENDEMIC TO HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA.
TO REDUCE
ABOVE ALL, CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE HELPS POLLUTION WHICH IS A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM FOR HONG KONG."
MR WONG URGED EVERYONE TO TAKE MEASURES ΤΟ MINIMISE UNFAVOURABLE IMPACTS AND INFRINGEMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
"ALSO WE HAVE TO TAKE ENHANCEMENT MEASURES ΤΟ ENSURE ITS SUSTAINABILITY AND TO MAINTAIN ITS BIODIVERSITY,' HE SAID.
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TURNING TO TREE PLANTING A CRUCIAL ASPECT IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, MR WONG STRESSED THAT IT SHOULD REMAIN THE LONG-TERM ENDEAVOUR FOR THE BENEFITS OF EVERYONE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
"BUT JUST PLANTING TREES IS NOT ENOUGH. PROTECTED AND CARED FOR AS WELL HE SAID.
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THRY HAVE TO BE
"EVERYONE, IN PARTICULAR THE COUNTRY PARK USERS, MUST HELP ΤΟ PROTECT OUR TREES, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THEIR GREATEST ENEMY
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HE BELIEVED THAT THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, A SENSE OF RESPECT FOR TREES AND HENCE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT COULD BE CULTIVATED IN THE COMMUNITY,
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, SHARED THE VIEW THAT TREES, AN INVALUABLE RESOURCES IN HONG KONG, WERE A SYMBOL OF NATURE CONSERVATION.
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"IT HAS BEEN THE LONG-STANDING PRACTICE OF THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ΤΟ PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF NATURE CONSERVATION THROUGH THE PLANTING OF TREES, HE SAID.
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DR LEE NOTED THAT SINCE THE START OF THE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING SCHEME IN 1957, IT HAD BEEN GAINING MORE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
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