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SATURDAY, APRIL 25,. 1992

"WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE NEW EYE TISSUE LABORATORY, THE HONG KONG EYE BANK AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION, WE IN HONG KONG CAN BE MORE SELF-RELIANT."

SHE PRAISED HONG KONG PEOPLE FOR THEIR GENEROSITY VULNERABLE AND LESS FORTUNATE.

TOWARDS THE

AT PRESENT, 9,832 PERSONS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE HONG KONG EYE BANK TO DONATE THEIR CORNEA AFTER DEATH AND TO GIVE LIGHT ΤΟ THOSE IN NEED.

THESE DONORS JUSTIFY GOVERNMENT'S OPTIMISM AND PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING ORGAN DONATION.

CONFIDENCE IN

TERRITORY-WIDE

IN THIS RESPECT, THE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED A MULTI-MEDIA CAMPAIGN TWO WEEKS AGO TO STEP UP PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ORGAN DONATION AND TO MOTIVATE MORE POSITIVE SIGNING OF DONORS SHE SAID.

CARDS,

EXHIBITIONS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND DISPEL MISCONCEPTIONS ON ORGAN DONATION.

PUBLICITY LEAFLETS AND DONORS CARDS ARE SENT TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS. THESE DONORS CARDS ARE ALSO DISTRIBUTED AT BANKS, SUPERMARKETS, DEPARTMENT STORES AND MTR STATIONS.

HK TAKES PART IN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN PEKING

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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, CHUEN, RETURNED TODAY

A DELEGATION OF SIX OFFICIALS FROM THE LED BY DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES MR SIU (SATURDAY) AFTER TAKING PART IN AN ONE-WEEK INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXHIBITION IN PEKING,

HONG KONG WAS AMONG THE 928 PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXHIBITION.

THERE WERE ABOUT 30 OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM UNITED

KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, USA, FINLAND, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE.

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXHIBITION CUM NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INDUSTRY EXHIBITION WAS ORGANISED BY CHINA'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. IT WAS HELD AT THE BEIJING EXHIBITION CENTRE FROM APRIL 20 TO 24.

"THE PURPOSE OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE EXHIBITION WAS ΤΟ SHARE EXPERIENCE AND EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES," MR SIU SAID.

THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION STAND MAINLY INTRODUCED THE GOVERNMENT'S WORK ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, PLANNING, LEGISLATIVE CONTROL, SEWAGE STRATEGY, ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLICITY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

/THE HONG