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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1993

SEMINAR ON BETTER USE OF RESOURCES

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(SATURDAY)

MORNING

IN

THE

ABOUT 50 SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THIS

A SEMINAR ON ATTENDED

HOW TO MAKE BETTER USE OF RESOURCES FORMULATING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICIES WITHOUT ADVERSELY AFFECTING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT OF OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THE SEMINAR

ENVIRONMENT

AND

WAS ORGANISED BY THE PLANNING, LANDS BRANCH WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF

SENIOR GOVERNMENT ENHANCING OFFICIALS' UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPLICATIONS ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES OF AN EARTH SUMMIT AGREEMENT ON PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

SECRETARY THE

TONY AREAS

FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND

MR LANDS, EASON SAID: "THE AGREEMENT HAS WIDE IMPLICATIONS ON ALL POLICY INCLUDING TRADE, TRANSPORT, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC SERVICES AND HEALTH.

"AS OUR

MORE

SOCIETY BECOMES MORE AFFLUENT, IT WILL PRODUCE EFFLUENT. IT IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP ITS

AND POLICIES

PROGRAMMES COMPATIBLE WITH THE BARTH SUMMIT AGREEMENT WHICH SEEKS

OUR TO STRIKE A BALANCE OF PROTECTING SUSTAINING OUR

FUTURE ECONOMY SO THAT WE AND OUR CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND

ENVIRONMENT GENERATIONS

WILL

WELL-

MR EASON DESCRIBED TODAY'S SEMINAR AS VERY SUCCESSFUL AS IT HAD STIMULATED A LOT OF USEFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS AND WAS ATTENDED BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCLUDING POLICY AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.

SECRETARIES

OF THE

HOPED THAT THE SEMINAR WOULD GENERATE HE

FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AND ENCOURAGE SIMILAR DEBATE IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE SUBJECT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS

COMMUNITY PRESENT

WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MERT THEIR OWN NEEDS.

EXTERIOR OF HELENA MAY DECLARED HISTORICAL BUILDING

THE EXTERIOR OF THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE HELENA MAY AT 35 GARDEN ROAD HAS BEEN GAZETTED AS A HISTORICAL BUILDING UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE.

CONCEIVED BY LADY MAY, WIFE OF SIR HENRY MAY, GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG FROM 1912 TO 1919 AND CONSTRUCTED WITH DONATIONS FROM MR (LATER STR) ELLIS KADOORIE AND MR HO KAM-TONG, A WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST AND BROTHER OF SIR ROBERT HO TUNG, THE HELENA MAY BUILDING WAS

FORMALLY OPENED BY LADY MAY IN SEPTEMBER 1916.

IT WAS THEN USED AS A HOSTEL FOR SINGLE MODERATE MEANS AND OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN.

WORKING WOMEN OF

/DURING THE