THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1993
IN ATTENDANCE. THE REST WERE
VEHICLES "ON LAND, WE HAD FIVE EMERGENCY UNIT APART FROM A FEW PASSENGERS SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES, ONLY SUFFERING FROM SHOCK OR THE COLD WEATHER BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THE WIND.
AND
WAS
CONCLUDED "I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE OPERATION SUCCESSFULLY
MEMBERS ACCOUNTED FOR. SO QUICKLY WITH ALL THE PASSENGERS AND CREW
THE THERE
VARIOUS AMONG FACT IN
VERY
CO-OPERATION GOOD
HE ADDED." DEPARTMENTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE RESCUE OPERATION,
**
JOINT EFFORTS TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
THE
THE RT
HON
CHRISTOPHER
PATTEN,
TODAY
HAD
GOVERNOR,
SAID (THURSDAY) TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, HỌNG KONG PEOPLE TO MOVE ON FROM CHANGES IN ATTITUDES TO REAL CHANGES IN BEHAVIOUR.
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MR
SPEAKING AT THE FORUM ON PLASTIC BAGS THE FINAL SOLUTION, PATTEN SAID CONSUMERS, BUSINESSMEN AND THE GOVERNMENT WERE PART OF THE SOLUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
"EACH SHOPPER AND EACH USER OF PLASTIC BAGS IS GOING TO HAVE TO ASSUMPTIONS AND CHANGES IN READY TO ACCEPT CHANGES IN PERSONAL
BE HABITS,
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THE GOVERNOR SAID,
BUSINESS SECTOR HAD TO BE CO-OPERATIVE IN INTRODUCING INCENTIVES FOR CHANGE, HE ADDED.
POSITIVE...
BE COMMITTED AS FOR THE GOVERNMENT, IT MUST BE SEEN TO SUPPORTING PRACTICAL MEASURES TO REDUCE PLASTIC BAG USE.
IN
HONG KONG PEOPLE THROW AWAY 15 MILLION PLASTIC BAGS THAT IS 600 TONS OF PLASTIC WHICH COSTS $70 MILLION A YEAR TO OF.
HK ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO URUGUAY ROUND
*
EVERYDAY,
DISPOSE
IS A STAUNCH AS A FREE TRADER AND AN OPEN ECONOMY, HONG KONG
ADVOCATED BY GATT AND SUPPORTER OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM
THE URUGUAY
THE ROUND,
SECRETARY ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO
FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T H CHAU SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF INTERSTOFF CHAU SAID THE BASIC PRINCIPLES EMBODIED IN GATT WERE AND FAIR INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
ASIA 1993, TO ENSURE
MR FREE
/HE NOTED