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Mai Po Reopens 米埔重新開放
« on: Apr 12th, 2006, 7:32pm »
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Just announced that Mai Po will open tomorrow
 
http://app2.rthk.org.hk/pda/news/content.php?id=301798
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Re: Mai Po Reopens
« Reply #1 on: Apr 12th, 2006, 7:43pm »
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米埔自然護理區重開 (17:53)
 2006年4月12日
 
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20060412/gb21753t.htm
 
政府宣布,於二月初關閉的米埔自然護理區將於明日起重新開放,供遊人參觀。
 
政府發言人表示,由於過去二十一日沒有發現新的禽鳥感染禽流感個案,符合世界動物壎芠梒揪漲傢鶻郱ョA政府決定重新開放米埔自然護理區。另外,康樂及文化事務署轄下的所有觀鳥園也於同日重新開放。
 
但政府提醒市民,應該繼續保持警覺,注重個人衛生,避免接觸野生雀鳥。如曾接 觸野生雀鳥及其糞便,應立即徹底洗手。
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Re: Mai Po Reopens
« Reply #2 on: Apr 12th, 2006, 8:42pm »
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Dear All,
 
 
A big thank you from WWF to everyone who helped write to the government asking for the reopening of Mai Po and for government to establish criteria to decide whether to close Mai Po in future cases of bird flu. Your letters were especially useful because some f the earlier letters were tables at a meeting of LegCo's Panel on Fod safety and Environmental Hygeine in March when the discussed birdflu.
 
Even though the government is now using the international 21-days standard in deciding when to reopen Mai Po after a cse of birdflu, they still need to tell the public:
* why it was neccessary to close Mai Po in the first place. None of the countries where there have been cases of bird flu have closed their nature reserves. In the case of the UK where a dead swan was recently found in Scotland, the government even made a point to tell the public that the countryside was still safe to visit and encouraged people to go out.
* how far away from Mai Po does the wild bird need to be before they decide whether there is a need to close Mai Po. This time, the government used the dead Peregrine Falcon at Tin Shui Wai as the excuse for the closure of Mai Po and to start the clock ticking for the 21 days count down the reopening of Mai Po. What if  next time the dead bird was found in Wanchai or Lamma? Does Mai Po need to be closed in that case?
 
Whist we can celebrate today, there are a lot of questions that the government still has to answer if we are to stop them from closing Mai Po again next winter.
 
Thank you for everyone's support once again!!
 
Lew Young
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Re: Mai Po Reopens
« Reply #3 on: Apr 12th, 2006, 11:07pm »
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Let us give a big hand to WWF and ourselves!
 
Enjoy the Easter gift for the time being and be prepared to repeat our effort to establish our line.  
 
 
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