SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1994
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STARTS WITH FAMILIES
WHICH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHOULD START WITH THE FAMILIES THE BASIC UNITS OF THE SOCIETY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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SPEAKING AT THE WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY 1994 CELEBRATION, MRS CHAN NOTED THAT THE SLOGAN FOR THIS YEAR WAS "GREEN FAMILY, GREEN ACTION.
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"A FAMILY CAN BECOME GREEN WHEN THEY START CLAIMING THEIR RIGHTS AS A GREEN CONSUMER AND BEGIN TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE IMPACT OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR ON THE ENVIRONMENT, MRS CHAN SAID.
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"IF ALL SIX MILLION OF US ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSCIOUS IN CONDUCTING OUR LIVES IN A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY, WE WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY IN REDUCING THE DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE PRODUCTION OF WASTE, SHE ADDED.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC GROWTH "MUST NOT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT”.
"AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST JOIN HANDS ΤΟ CULTIVATE HIGHER ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND GREEN FAMILY HABITS.
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THIS WAY CAN WE ENJOY AN IMPROVED AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT, SHE SAID.
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ROUTE 3 RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE TAKES SHAPE
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WORK ON THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME'S (ACP) RAMBLER BRIDGE HAS REACHED A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE WITH THE START OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE DECK.
THE RAMBLER CHANNEL BRIDGE FORMS PART OF THE ACP'S ROUTE 3 PROJECT LINKING TSING YI ISLAND AND KWAF CHUNG.
ROUTE 3 IS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN THE ACP'S HIGHWAYS NETWORK CONNECTING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN TO KOWLOON AND CENTAL HONG KONG.
IN THE COMING WEEKS, THE BRIDGE WILL START THE FIRST OF ABOUT 1,000 PRECAST CONCRETE SEGMENTS, THE DECK, ARE PLACED IN POSITION.
TO TAKE SHAPE AS WHICH WILL FORM
THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WILL, USE THE PRECAST SEGMENTAL BALANCED CANTILEVER METHOD UTILISING A LAUNCHING GIRDER,
AN ADVANCED PIECE OF SPECIALIST BRIDGE EQUIPMENT PIONEERED IN HONG KONG BY THE LEAD CONTRACTOR ON THE PROJECT, DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS.
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