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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1990

MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONTINUING ON WELL INTO DECEMBER AND 1991. "IT WOULD BE A PITY IF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES GENERATED BY THE FESTIVAL WERE TO FINISH AS SOON AS THE FORTNIGHT IS OVER, MRS LAM SAID.

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"WE MUST CONTINUE OUR ACTIONS TOWARDS PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND CONTINUE TO BUILD PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT FOR TIGHTER CONTROLS AND MORE SUPPORT FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND FACILITIES FOR RECYCLING.

EVEN WAY,

"WE MUST ALSO ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BECOME MORE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. IN THAT PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO REALLY FEEL THEY CAN DO SOMETHING AND THAT IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT AN ISSUE WHICH IS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, SHE ADDED.

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THE ECC IS A BROAD-BASED NON-GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, THE MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON. IT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER A WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTED PEOPLE FROM BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, DISTRICT BOARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, THE MEDIA AND HONG KONG'S SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, TO COORDINATE PROGRAMMES WORKING TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL REPRESENTS CULMINATION OF ECC'S FIRST YEAR OF WORK AIMED AT IMPROVING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE TERRITORY AND THE MEASURES WHICH MUST BE TAKEN AT ALL LEVELS

FROM LEGISLATION TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT.

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HOSPICE CARE

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A NEW IDEA TO HK: LADY WILSON

MUCH COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE REMAINING TIME OF A CANCER PATIENT, LADY WILSON SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE BRADBURY HOSPICE, LADY WILSON SAID FOR SUCH PATIENTS, MEDICAL SCIENCE MAY OFFER NO CURE.

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"BUT WE CAN HELP IN OTHER WAYS, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HOSPICE CARE AIMED TO DO JUST THAT.

LADY WILSON SAID IT WAS A SAD FACT OF LIFE THAT MORE THAN 8,000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIED OF CANCER IN HONG KONG EACH YEAR.

"THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH DOES NOT MEAN ABANDONMENT OF HUMAN VALUES," SHE SAID.

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