EPCOM CHIEF CALLS FOR REDUCING NATURAL RESOURCES WASTAGE
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DR WANG GUNG-WU, TODAY (SATURDAY) APPEALED ΤΟ MEMBERS THE PUBLIC TO MINIMIZE DOMESTIC WASTAGE ON NATURAL RESOURCES,
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING "ENVIRONMENTAL DAY CAMP" AT TAI TONG COUNTRY PARK IN YUEN WANG CALLED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC то TAKE AN ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
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SHARING THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S ENVIRONMENTAL FESTIVAL ORGANISED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WANG POINTED OUT THAT THE THEME OF "3R" REDUCE, RE-USE AND
COULD WELL BE APPLIED TO ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN HONG KONG.
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HE WARNED THAT EXCESSIVE USE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES COULD SPOIL THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE ECOLOGY AND RUIN THE NATURE THAT IS BEYOND REMEDY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COULD MINIMIZE THEIR CONSUMPTION IN DAILY DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION ON DISPOSABLE ITEMS INCLUDING BOXES, CUPS AND PAPER.
"IT IS HOPED THAT OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONTRIBUTES TO BUILDING UP A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR US AND FOR OUR YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE YEARS TO COME, DR WANG SAID.
ABOUT 600 CAMPERS TOOK PART IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES AND ATTENDED THE SWORN-IN CEREMONY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR DETERMINATION AS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PIONEERS AND TAKE THEIR INITIATIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
THE CITATION OF "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STARTS WITH MR" AND "REDUCE CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BUILD UP HONG KONG" LED BY DR WANG.
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THE PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING FAMILIES, CHILDREN, YOUTHS, AND THE ELDERLY FROM EIGHT SOCIAL SERVICES CENTRES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN HONG KONG, ALSO TOOK PART IN GAMES AND COMPETITION WITH FOCUS ON THE THEME OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
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ALSO ATTENDING THE HALF-DAY CAMP WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MRS PEGGY LAM; ASSISANT GENERAL MANAGER, TELEVISION BROADCASTING, TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED, MR S.Y. HO; PRESIDENT OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN HONG KONG, REV LI PING-KWONG; AND DEPUTY CONVENOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL, MR HUNG WING-TAT. PRESENTERS OF TVB'S "GOOD MORNING HONG KONG" PROGRAMME, MS WENDY YU AND MR BENJAMIN LER WERE ALSO PRESENT.
THE "ENVIRONMENTAL DAY CAMP" IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY ECC,
TVB, AD THE SOCIAL SERVICE DIVISION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH IN HONG KONG IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMITTER'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FESTIVAL.
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