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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1992

A SPOKESMAN FOR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN THE SITUATION.

SAID ALL BRIEFED ABOUT THE

THE CENTRE TODAY CENTRE HAD BEEN WELL

(WEDNESDAY}

HE SAID STAFF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCIES' WORKERS HAD BEEN VERY CO-OPERATIVE IN EASING TENSION WITHIN THE CENTRE.

SITUATION REMAINED STABLE IN THE CENTRE, HE SAID, THOUGH SOME PEOPLE FROM SECTION 'D' AND 'E' BEGAN TO GATHER AMIDST A SMALL FIRE BROKE OUT AT AN EMPTY HUT IN SECTION 'B' AT ABOUT 2.30 PM.

THE FIRE, WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHILDREN, WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT AND THE CROWDS DISPERSED FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CENTRE MANAGEMENT.

VIEWS INVITED ON MARINE PARKS AND RESERVES PROPOSALS

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON PROPOSALS FOR KONG IN HONG ESTABLISHMENT OF MARINE PARKS AND MARINE RESERVES INVITED TO SEND IN THEIR VIEWS BEFORE THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ENDS FEBRUARY 29.

THE ARE

ON

SAID

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT

PARKS AND MARINE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP MARINE

CONSERVE RESERVES WAS TO

SENSITIVE MARINE HABITATS OF ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE THREATS TO THE LOCAL MARINE AS ENVIRONMENT DUE TO POLLUTION, LAND RECLAMATION AND ACTIVITIES SUCH CORAL COLLECTION.

HE SAID THE OBJECTIVES OF SETTING UP MARINE RESERVES, WERE:

PARKS

AND MARINE

*

TO CONTROL

ACTIVITIES WHICH

MIGHT CAUSE

то DAMAGE

THE

MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

TO ENHANCE THE WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS;

MEANS FOR HUMAN ACTIVITIES TO BE INTERGRATED WITH THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE RESOURCES;

*

TO PROVIDE WAYS AND

AND

TO PROVIDE

OPPORTUNITIES

FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND A

BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MARINE LIFE.

/A MARINE