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The meeting also concluded that the following measures will continue to be taken at gazetted beaches of the two Municipal Councils as part of the surveillance operation:
surveillance by lifeguards from look-out posts at vantage points;
patrolling the water area beyond the boomlines with motor boats;
maintaining air patrols by the Government Flying Services on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays during the swimming season; and
maintaining frequent patrols by Marine Police outside the boundaries of beaches.
The group will meet again in about a week's time to evaluate the situation at that time.
End/Monday, June 5, 1995
Governor: protect the fabric that sustains our lives
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, today (Monday) said people should get better at anticipating the consequences of daily activities on the environment.
Speaking at the World Environment Day, Mr Patten stressed that the environment was the fabric that sustained people's lives and every one had a part to play in maintaining the environment, in sustaining the fabric.
He said: "We must think about sustainability. The environment is not something separate, external from our lives, to think about only when we feel like it.”
Mr Patten pointed out that the Environmental Time Capsule laid by the Environmental Campaign Committee five years ago was unearthed today for two
purposes.
First is to see how much improvement has been made over the past five years and the second is to see how perceptions of problems have been changed.