SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1993
HE NOTED THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAD MADE TREMENDOUS
CONTRIBUTION SURVEYS,
TO THE TERRITORY'S NATURE CONSERVATION BY CONDUCTING RELATED SEMINARS, EXHIBITIONS, TALKS AND COMPETITIONS.
AND
THESE ACTIVITIES HAD CERTAINLY ENHANCED THE AWARENESS CONCERN AMONG LOCAL RESIDENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
ON HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS, DR LEE SAID ABOUT 10 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THESE PARKS LAST YEAR AND PARTICIPATED IN ACTIVITIES LIKE LEISURE WALKING, HIKING, BARBECUING, FAMILY PICNICS AND CAMPING.
HE STRESSED THAT APART FROM PROVIDING OUTDOOR RECREATION, COUNTRY PARKS ALSO OFFERED OPPORTUNITY FOR NATURE CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE.
TURNING TO NATURE TRAILS, THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT THEY
COUNTRY HAD BECOME EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES WITHIN
ΤΟ PARKS HERITAGE HELP VISITORS UNDERSTAND THE FLORA, FAUNA AND RURAL
IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE.
THEY ALSO HELPED TO ENHANCE THE ENJOYMENT OF VISITORS AND DEVELOP THEIR APPRECIATION OF NATURE AND ITS CONSERVATION.
DR LEE ALSO SUPPORTED THE SELECTION OF THE HUNG MUI KUK NATURE TRAIL TO START THIS YEAR'S "WALK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT" AND DESCRIBED IT AS TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT HAD RECENTLY BEEN OPEN FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION.
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S EMBANKMENT CEREMONY WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION, MR FUNG SHIU-WING.
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WORKS SUPERVISORS AWARDED IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL
TWO WORKS SUPERVISORS OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (EMSD) HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL BY THE QUEEN IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXEMPLARY SERVICE.
MR WAN TAI-HOI AND MR KEUNG MAN, BOTH AGED 59, JOINED THE DEPARTMENT IN 1966. THEY ARE DUE то RETIRE EARLY NEXT YEAR AFTER SERVING A TOTAL OF 56 YEARS WITH EMSD.
THE
ELECTRICAL,
AIR-CONDITIONING,
MR WAN WORKS IN REFRIGERATION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT'S KOWLOON WORKSHOP SUB-DIVISION, WHILE MR KEUNG SERVES THE AIRPORT SERVICES SUB-DIVISION.
THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR HUGH PHILLIPSON, COMMENDED MR WAN AND MR KEUNG FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND LOYALTY TO THE DEPARTMENT.
/HE NOTED