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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994
IN ITS FIRST PHASE, HOI HA WAN AND YAN CHAU TONG WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS MARINE PARKS AND CAPE D'AGUILAR AS A MARINE RESERVE, WHICH WOULD HELP BRING LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
THE YEAR 1993 ALSO SAW A NUMBER OF CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND STUDIES BEING LAUNCHED OR COMMISSIONED BY THE DEPARTMENT, TASKED WITH PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING MITIGATION MEASURES IN RELATION TO THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PROJECTS.
APART FROM THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMES OF RELOCATING THE ROMER'S TREE FROGS FROM CHEK LAP KOK AND THE SEAGRASS TRANSPLANTATION FROM TUNG CHUNG, THE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A SERIES OF STUDIES ON SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES, FRESHWATER WETLAND HABITATS, CHINESE WHITE DOLPHINS AND MANGROVES.
ON PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, THE NEWLY FORMED AND AFD- CONVENED LIAISON GROUP, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, WILL WORK CLOSELY THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT WORK ON COMBATING THE ILLICIT TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THIS FOLLOWED THE DEPARTMENT'S SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS ON SHOPS SELLING RHINO PRODUCTS OR MEDICINE CLAIMING TO CONTAIN RHINO INGREDIENTS LATE LAST YEAR.
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ON OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY AFD, DR LEE ITS ENGINEERING DIVISION HAD BEEN DEMOLISHING OBSOLETE AGRICULTURAL WEIRS, REALIGNING THOSE IN ACTIVE USE ON BEAS RIVER, SHING MUN RIVER, HO CHUNG RIVER AND SO ON TO IMPROVE RIVER FLOWS AND REMOVE HEAVILY POLLUTED POOLS.
THESE PROJECTS HAD IMPROVED THE ENVIRONMENT AND MET THE NEEDS OF FARMERS RELYING ON THE WATER SUPPLY FOR IRRIGATION, DR LEE ADDED.
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CONSUMERS URGED TO JOIN FIGHT AGAINST PROTECTIONISM
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THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TRADE, MR TONY MILLER, TODAY CALLED FOR GREATER CONSUMER INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PROTECTIONISM.
MR MILLER SAID THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED URUGUAY ROUND HAD HELPED TURN THE TIDE, BUT MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE.
"GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD WOULD BE HELPED IN THIS TASK IF THEY WERE OBLIGED TO QUANTIFY THE COST OF PROTECTION IN TERMS WHICH THE AVERAGE VOTER CAN UNDERSTAND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS PER MEMBER OF FAMILY ON THE GROCERY AND CLOTHING BILL WOULD BE A START
TO QUANTIFY AND TO ADVERTISE, POSSIBLY VIA CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS.
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HE SAID IN THIS WAY THESE HIDDEN TAXES ON HARD EARNED INDIVIDUAL INCOME WOULD BE EXPOSED AND SUBJECT TO VOTER SCRUTINY.
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