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SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1990

1

WORK STARTS ON NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE

BE DEVELOPED BY THE

SAI

HAS KUNG,

BEEN

THE LIONS NATURE EDUCATION AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT DESCRIBED AS A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT FOR HONG KONG.

CENTRE,

(AFD)

ΤΟ

IN

MR

ADOLF

HSU, SAID

TODAY

IT HAD AROUSED INTERNATIONAL INTEREST IN HONG KONG AND IN

AND NATURE

PROTECT THE TERRITORY WAS DOING TO PRESERVE ENVIRONMENT GENERALLY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR

(SUNDAY)

WHAT

THE

WHEN HE

THE NEW TERRITORIES,

AT OFFICIATED

THE

GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE.

THE

PROJECT,

BEING

REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SAI KUNG

UNDERTAKEN

FARM INTO

BY THE

HONG

EDUCATION CENTRE. IT IS SPONSORED BY THE LIONS DISTRICT 303 HONG KONG AND MACAU.

INVOLVES

FIRST NATURE

THE

AFD, KONG'S CLUBS INTERNATIONAL,

FOR

THE LIONS AND THEIR NATURE EDUCATION FOR

MR HSU EXPRESSED HIS DEEP

RESPECT

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY, AND TO PROVIDING

THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE HE ALSO REITERATED

GOVERNMENT'S

OVERALL OBJECTIVES FOR

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

THESE

INCLUDED MAKING OUR

COMMUNITY,

INCLUDING

SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY AND

SPECIFIC CREATING

THE

DEVELOPMENT,

THROUGH

PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT AND ENCOURAGING

OF SYSTEM, EDUCATION THE FORMAL

AND RESPONSIBLE WELL-INFORMED, ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE

A

COMMUNITY,

HE

SAID.

IT ALSO ENTAILED MAKING DEVELOPMENT, AND DECISION MAKERS, MORE AWARE OF THEIR DECISIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.

PROFESSIONALS

HEALTH AND

CONCERNED

WITH

THE AND

IMPLICATIONS OF WELFARE OF OUR

SAID, THE

IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE POLICY OBJECTIVES, MR HSU

ΤΟ HAD BEEN GIVEN RESPONSIBILITIES GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE MACHINERY

TO PLANNING

AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES INCLUDE IN THEIR WORK

TO ENSURE ADHERENCE CREATING NEW PROBLEMS IN FUTURE AND LEGISLATION TO POLLUTION CONTROLS.

ΤΟ SERVICES

PROVIDE FOR THE AND

THERE WERE ALSO FACILITIES AND COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF THE WASTES GENERATED BY THE COMMUNITY

POLICY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMME.

"AS WITH ALL OTHER PROGRAMMES, GOVERNMENT ACTION IS NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT, AND SUCH SUPPORT WILL BE RECOGNISED," HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD

EVIDENCE PROJECT WAS THE PATRON OF THE

CLEAR

OF

CONSENTED TO BE THE ESTEEM THE

GOVERNMENT HAD FOR THE PROJECT.

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