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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1990

LITTLE THINGS COULD HELP IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT

THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO DO AT LEAST LITTLE THINGS TO HELP SAFEGUARD AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

SPEAKING AT A CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SHELL BETTER ENVIRONMENT AWARD SCHEME, DR REED SAID LITTLE BY LITTLE TOGETHER, HONG KONG WOULD SUCCEED IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT.

DR REED SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED то SEE THAT THE SCHEME HAD BROUGHT TOGETHER SHELL AND A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE GROUP, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, WHICH HAD THE SAME GOAL OF MAKING THE EARTH A HEALTHIER AND MORE PLEASANT PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE.

"WE WERE DELIGHTED TOO BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE OF THE SCHEME MEANS THAT IT REACHES OUT TO SO MANY SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, BUT ALSO THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED ON EQUAL TERMS.

"THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED WILL EXCHANGE WITH THEIR VARIOUS CONTACTS THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE GAINED THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THESE PROJECTS.

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"AND THE CHILDREN WILL INEVITABLY USE THEIR EXPERIENCE THEIR PARENTS KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD DO TO SAFEGUARD AND IMPROVE OUR

ENVIRONMENT.

"SO WHAT THE SHELL SCHEME IS DOING, IS TO SPREAD, TO DIFFUSE, A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND ΤΟ CREATE A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC AN ETHIC WHERE WE COME то REGARD THE ENVIRONMENT AS SOMETHING PRECIOUS TO BE NURTURED RATHER THAN SOMETHING AVAILABLE FREE, TO BE EXPLOITED," HE SAID.

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DR REED SAID WE SHOULD NOT CREATE NEW ETHIC OVERNIGHT, AND HE WAS SURE WE WERE ALL PAINFULLY AWARE THAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS WERE MINUTE COMPARED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD TO FACE IN TERMS OF THE DESPOILATION OF FORESTS AND SEAS AND EVEN THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE.

"BUT NOBODY MAKES A GREATER MISTAKE IN LIFE THAN HE WHO NOTHING BECAUSE HE CAN DO SO LITTLE AND THIS IS NOWHERE MORE THAN IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD,

T HE CONCLUDED.

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THE SHELL BETTER ENVIRONMENT AWARD SCHEME, LAUNCHED IN APRIL THIS YEAR, IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG THE GRASSROOT LEVELS INTO ACTIVE CONCERN THROUGH THEIR OWN INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS.

A TOTAL OF 52 GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED ΤΟ SCHOOLS COMMUNITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING PARTICIPATION BY THE ELDERLY AND

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