XN000022-1994-11-07 — Page 2

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1994

COMMUNITY SHOULD NURTURE ITS ENVIRONMENT

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HUMAN

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SOCIETIES MUST PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT AND OUTLET TO THE SPIRIT IF THEY ARE TO FLOURISH, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID.

IN WELCOMING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES то THE WORLD CONGRESS ON URBAN GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY (MONDAY) MR PATTEN ECHOED THIS IDEA TO WHICH THE PRINCE HAD GIVEN LIFE.

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"HIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN THAT MAN NEEDS TO LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL NURTURE HIS WHOLE BEING AND FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS IS THAT SHOULD LIVE IN A WAY THAT NURTURES AND SUSTAINS HIS OWN ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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DESCRIBING HONG KONG AS A STUNNING CITY, MR PATTEN SAID IT WAS REFLECTION OF WHAT COULD JUSTIFIABLY CLAIM TO BE THE MOST DYNAMIC, ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY ON EARTH.

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"LIKE ALL URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, IT IS NOT WITHOUT PROBLEMS, WITHOUT A NEED FOR NEW IDEAS AND INSPIRATION IF IT IS TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE LIFE OF ITS COMMUNITY IN THE YEARS TO COME.

"BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS HOW FAR WE HAVE TRAVELLED IN RECENT YEARS FROM REFUGEE TOWN TO TODAY'S SPECTACULAR CITY-SCAPE MUST HAVE HOPE AND CONFIDENCE FOR THE FUTURE.

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"THAT WILL, OF COURSE, ALL DEPEND ON THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE UP OUR SOCIETY, HE SAID.

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MR PATTEN PRAISED THE PRINCE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION ΤΟ THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A CONSISTENT THEME OF SPEECHES AND WRITINGS.

THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN AS MUCH THOUGHT то THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THAT ENVIRONMENT THAN THE PRINCE OF WALES, HE SAID.

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PRINCE OF WALES OPENS CANCER CENTRE

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THE CANCER CENTRE IN THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, WHICH COMPRISES THE SIR YUE-KONG PAO CENTRE FOR CANCER AND THE LADY PAO CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTRE, WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING FACILITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (MONDAY) BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRATULATE THE OPENING OF THE CENTRE.

AT THE

OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE THIS AFTERNOON, THE PRINCE UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK ITS OFFICIAL OPENING.

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