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NEPA Plans Labour Day Beach Clean Up and Staff
Fun Day.
.Environmental agency leads by example
A
Beach Clean Up and Family Fun Day have been organized by the National
Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), to mark the celebration of Labour
Day 2003. Under the theme: " Playing Your Part.Give Our Children the
Right Start. ", members of staff of NEPA and fishermen will begin cleaning
the Silver Sands Beach in Trelawny at 10:30a.m. The Silver
Sands Beach
was recently renamed in honour of deceased
civil servant Jacob Taylor. The day will end with a series of games
and other recreational activities.
The clean up forms part
of NEPA's thrust to divest the beach in a move to make it available
to the public. The clean up represents the first part of the divestment
process which will be completed later this year. NEPA is currently taking
steps to ensure that the Jacob Taylor Beach will meet both the fishing
and bathing needs of patrons.
Jacob
Taylor, through his work, dedicated his life to making beaches available
to regular Jamaicans. He joined the Civil Service in 1937, as a Temporary
Clerk of Courts and then went on to become a Director of the Coastal
Zone Branch (formerly the Recreation and Conservation Division) of the
now defunct Natural Resources Conservation Division (NRCD), from 1975
- 1989. The NRCD preceded the Natural Resources Conservation Authority
(NRCA), which today forms part of NEPA. Jacob Taylor died on August
11, 1995 .
Meanwhile,
the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) will stage a two-week
exhibition entitled " Energy Conservation
and the Environment ", as part of its "
Incentive Public Education Programme" .
Schools from
the corporate area are being targeted to participate in the interactive
display which will run from May 19-22 and June
2-6, 2003 , respectively, at
PCJ. The exhibition will focus on teaching
students some salient environmental and energy conservation facts and
will start at 9:30a.m.
daily.
The
Jamaica Wastewater Operators Association (JWOA), will host a clean up
of the Western Treatment Plant in Tivoli
Gardens ,
on Labour Day. Work plans include fixing the access bridge to the community,
painting settling tanks, refurbishing light poles, replacing window
panes and general cleaning of the site. All members of the JWOA and
other important stakeholders have been invited to participate in the
clean-up, including members of the Tivoli
Gardens
community.
The JWOA is a professional
organisation of operators striving to improve wastewater procedures
through discussions, training and public education. The JWOA was formed
in August, 2001.
