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MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1991

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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS

ON SOCIAL

IMPACT THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THE PROBLEMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION ARE ALL KEY ISSUES WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

THE

CONFERENCE,

ADDRESSING THE 1991 ICSW ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL SIR DAVID SAID IF THE WORLD WAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING A SOLUTION WHICH ALL THOSE ΤΟ ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, WE MUST FIND WAYS IN RESPONSIBLE COULD COME TOGETHER, TO POOL KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO AGREE THE WAY FORWARD.

"THIS

INVOLVES

NOT

AND

AND

NON-GOVERNMENT

ORGANISATIONS BUT PRESSURE GROUPS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ALSO.

ONLY GOVERNMENT

PROBLEM OF

"IN PARTICULAR THE

EDUCATING COMMUNITIES ENLISTING THEIR SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES BE A TOP PRIORITY, SIR DAVID SAID,

"

AND

MUST

THOSE ARREST

HE POINTED OUT THAT LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT WERE IMPORTANT,

SUPPORT AND ACTIVE

OF ALL UNDERSTANDING BUT WITHOUT THE AFFECTED, THE SEA CHANGE IN PEOPLES' ATTITUDES SO ESSENTIAL TO THE DAMAGE BEING DONE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WOULD NOT BE BROUGHT ABOUT,

ROLE IN "CLEARLY SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS CAN PLAN A VITAL

ISSUES," THE ACTING CHANGING COMMUNITY ATTITUDES ON THESE CRUCIAL GOVERNOR SAID.

SOME SIR DAVID TOLD THE DELEGATES THAT HONG KONG HAD ACHIEVED

AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ENLISTING COMMUNITY IN SUCCESSES

IMPROVING

TERRITORY THE STILL FACED BUT THE PROBLEMS SUPPORT, DAUNTING, AS THEY WERE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

WHICH

WAS

"WE ARE DETERMINED TO TACKLE THESE, BUT WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET," HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THE SHARING OF EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS THROUGH THE

A NEWER AND EVERYBODY

BROADER GIVE REGIONAL CONFERENCE WOULD PERSPECTIVE IN UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT AND FINDING BETTER TO PRESERVE IT.

IDEAS

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