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SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1991

"A MULTILATERAL DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA IS IN VIEW OF THE EXPIRY OF THE ARRANGEMENT AT THE YEAR," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

NECESSARY

END OF JULY THIS

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION ARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR- ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF GENERAL OF TRADE, MR ROBERT FOOTMAN,

REPRESENTATIVE DEPUTY

OF THE HONG KONG TRADE, MR PATRICK LAU AND ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN GENEVA, MR ANDREW WONG.

TREE PLANTING VITAL TO NATURE CONSERVATION

THE

ARE COMMUNITY

AWARE OF THE

IT IS ONLY WHEN MEMBERS OF VALUE OF TREES THAT EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO CONSERVE THEM.

AND FISHERIES,

DAY

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE DR LAWRENCE LEE, WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY TREE PLANTING AT HOI HA IN SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

FROM THEY ARE AFFORDING

DR LEE SAID: "TREES ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. APART PROVIDING AN ATTRACTIVE GREEN CANOPY TO OUR COUNTRYSIDE,

STOPPING IN ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY NATURAL HABITATS FOR A VARIETY OF OUR WILDLIFE."

PLANTING TODAY'S

ACTIVITY

SOIL

EROSION

AND IN

WAS ORGANISED

BY

ROTARY "PRESERVE ROTARY

345 TO KICK OFF ITS THREE-YEAR INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT PLANET EARTH" PROJECT IN HONG KONG. THE PROJECT IS LAUNCHED BY INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE TO HELP THE EARTH FROM DECAYING.

FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN NATURE AND FRIENDS TO TAKE

DR LEE COMMENDED THE ROTARIANS CONSERVATION AND FOR MOBILISING THEIR FAMILIES PART IN TREE PLANTING.

CLUBS FOR THEIR GENEROUS PARK LEAFLETS

IN ADDITION, HE THANKED THE ROTARY SPONSORSHIP OF $50,000 FOR THE PUBLICATION OF COUNTRY TO PROMULGATE THE COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVATION MESSAGE.

THE VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR CHARLES KAO, AND OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,

ARTHUR THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 345, MR AU.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S FUNCTION WERE

VITAL STEP PROFESSOR KAO POINTED OUT THAT TREE PLANTING WAS A

STEP IN PRESERVING THE NATURAL IN REFORESTATION AND A FUNDAMENTAL BALANCE OF LIFE ON EARTH.

RESOLVING PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE GRADUAL WARMING

WHICH WERE

OF

BY

KAO

TREES COULD PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN DEPLETION OF THE OZONE LAYER, ACID RAIN AND OUR CLIMATE THROUGH A EXCESSIVE GENERATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND OTHER GASES, PROFESSOR

GREEN HOUSE

EFFECT,

CAUSED

ADDED.

"TREE PLANTING