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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 572 OF 23/7/79
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
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HKk
No
143/2 =.
66.
COPY
1. THE FOLLOWING EIGHT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN TABLED FOR PRIORITY
WRITTEN ANSWER BY THE LORD PRIVY SEAL:
MR STANLEY NEWENS MP
67. 68
A... WHAT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THE EXTENSION, REVISION, CESSATION OR OTHER VARIATION OF THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE CONVENTION OF PEKING 1898: AND WHETHER HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING IGNORING OR UNILATERALLY ABROGATING ANY
PART OF THE TREATY.
B... WHETHER HE PLANS TO AMEND ARTICLE XXVI (6) OF THE ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.
MR ROBERT PARRY MP
C... IF THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO INTRODUCE A HONG KONG REGISTER OF SHIPPING: AND IF HE HAS RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE NATIONAL UNION OF SEAMEN CONCERNING ANY PROPOSALS.
D... WHEN HE WILL ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF HONG
KONG.
E... IF HE WILL CONSIDER A POLITICAL APPOINTEE AS THE NEXT GOVERNOR
OF HONG KONG.
F... WHAT IS THE PRESENT LEVEL OF COMPENSATION BEING OFFERED PER SQUARE FOOT FOR (A) SHOPS, (B) OTHER BUSINESSES AND (C) FLATS BEING CURRENTLY OFFERED TO TENANTS OF SAI LAU KOK IN HONG KONG: AND HOW THESE LEVELS COMPARE WITH MARKET PRICES FOR SIMILAR PROPERTIES, BEARING IN MIND THE ENHANCED VALUES THAT OBTAIN BY CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO THE PROPOSED MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION.
MR DENNIS CANAVAN MP
G... IF REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PEKING OR THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON CONCERNING THE EXPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY
AT SAI LAU KOK, TSUEN WAN IN HONG KONG.
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/H... IF HE WILL