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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1990

1990

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE

ASSOCIATION (FAOPMA), FEDERATION OF ASIAN AND OCEANIA PEST MANAGERS

IN MRS WONG SAID THE USE OF LESS PESTICIDES WAS NOT ONLY MORE WELCOME

BUT ALSO REDUCED THE THESE DAYS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS,

AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENT AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AMONG OPERATORS CLIENT PUBLIC.

RESTRAINED USE OF "A FURTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IS THAT

VARIOUS PESTICIDES AVOIDS PROBLEMS OF RESISTANCE DEVELOPING AMONG THE

PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE PESTS WE ARE TRYING TO ELIMINATE AND THIS IS OF IN THE CONTROL OF VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES.

PESTICIDES BY EXPLORING

"WE SHOULD TRY TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON OTHER ALTERNATIVES THROUGH INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT," SHE SAID.

GOVERNMENT AND SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC HEALTH

MRS WONG ALSO SAID THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE THE PEST CONTROL INDUSTRY WAS THE KEY TO AND FOSTERING A PEST-FREE ENVIRONMENT.

ONLY AN EMPLOYING SOME 500 BUSINESS VALUE OF PEST CONTROL

SHE SAID THE INDUSTRY WAS STILL RELATIVELY SMALL WITH ESTIMATED 50 PROFESSIONAL PEST CONTROL COMPANIES TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND THE ANNUAL SERVICES WAS ABOUT $50 MILLION.

POSTMASTER GENERAL MEETS UNIONS REPRESENTATIVES

THE

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES CONCERNING HIS MEETING WITH POSTAL WORKERS UNIONS THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,

то EXPLAINED AGAIN

OUR STAFF UNION MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG SAID: "I

THEM TO REPRESENTATIVES THAT MY LETTER OF OCTOBER 12 SINCERELY URGED CONSIDER DROPPING THE PROPOSED SIT-IN ACTION.

OF

NOT WARN OR THREATEN THEM AGAINST "I CLARIFIED THAT I DID TAKING SIT-IN ACTION. I MERELY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND THEM

THIS SERVANTS,

WAS GOVERNING EXISTING REGULATIONS PURELY AS A REMINDER."

CIVIL

INTENDED

"THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE MEETING WAS FRIENDLY,

I

MR WONG ADDED.

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