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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994

MR COOPER SAID THE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT SHOULDER ALONE ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS BECAUSE POLLUTION ABATEMENT MUST NOT BE OUR ONLY

GOAL.

"RATHER, SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT IS NOW, RIGHTLY, A

MAJOR

OBJECTIVE PERHAPS THE KEY OBJECTIVE."

-

THE SECOND

OF REVIEW

DEVELOPMENT

ON POLLUTION, A KEY FEATURE MUST BE COMMUNITY

THE 1989 WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED LATE LAST YEAR, PROPOUNDED THE CONCEPT THAT

ANY SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS.

OF

PROGRAMME

"THAT IS,

PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN

GOVERNMENT AND

SOCIETY, REGARDING

PARTNERSHIPS TO BRING ABOUT A CHANGE IN THINKING AND ACTION

THE ENVIRONMENT.

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GREATER

то THE

FACE A SECTORS

SHOULD FACE UP MR COOPER SAID COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

AND RESPONSIBILITY FACT THAT THEY HAD POSSIBLY A

OTHER GREATER CHALLENGE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THAN

TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND MODERN OF SOCIETY BECAUSE THREATS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, BEGAN WITH THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

1

INVOLVED "IN ADDITION, IN HONG KONG, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ARE

FOR HAVE,

TOO LONG, TREATED THE BECAUSE SOME INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS

ABUSED AS THEY ENVIRONMENT AS A SORT OF FREE SERVICE TO BE USED AND SAW FIT."

WASTE

THEY HAD DUMPED TOXIC METALS IN THE SEWERS, CONSTRUCTION

AND STREAMS. IN PARKS AND THE HARBOUR, AND LIVESTOCK WASTE IN RIVERS

IN THESE ABUSES, THEY EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEM DID NOT PARTICIPATE IGNORED THEM.

THEM TASKED

MR COOPER NOTED THAT RESPONSIBILITY, WHEN IT CAME,

OR BY

LEGISLATION RESENTED FORCED ON THEM

TO CONFORM OVERSEAS FIRMS WHO

ATTITUDES STANDARDS BECAUSE OF CHANGING CONSUMER MARKETS.

FORCED ΤΟ

UPON

THEM ENVIRONMENTAL NEW IN THEIR DOMESTIC

WAS EITHER BY

"A CULTURE CHANGE IS THEREFORE REQUIRED."

ISSUE,

FRESH,

MR GREEN

THE ENVIRONMENT AS A COMMUNITY IN FACING UP TO

SEARCH OUT SHOULD

FOR NEW, COOPER SAID BUSINESSMEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WITH DISTRICT BASED HE SUGGESTED THAT BUSINESSMEN COULD LINK

THAT ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL GROUPS TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP DISTRICT'S ENVIRONMENT.

UMBRELLA

WITH PARTNERSHIPS

OTHER COMPANIES THEY COULD FORM

AS WELL INVOLVED IN COMPLEMENTARY BUSINESSES TO ADDRESS GREEN ISSUES AS INTER-TRADE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMPANIES IN COMPATIBLE TRADES.

THEY COULD ALSO MAKE

GREEN

DONATE FUNDS

ΤΟ

FOR PLEDGES

TO PROGRAMMES WORTHWHILE UNDERSTANDING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, HE ADDED.

THEIR

INDUSTRY

ENHANCE

AND COMMUNITY

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