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Secretary, Douglas Hurd, and the Governor,
HKS reported that Sir David would visit Japan for five days from November 27 to promote trade.
SCMP noted that Mr Martin Lee said he would join an Omele cip to southern China if he could discuss HK politics with Chinese officials. He also noted that he was not worried that he might not be welcomed by Chinese authorities.
Par PparEx
The vice-chairman of the United Democrats of HK, Albert Ho, would represent the party at the first annual meeting in California of the Alliance of HK Chinese in the US.
RIGHTS BILL
SCMP quoted a senior lecturer in law at HKU, Nihal Jayawickrama, as saying that the Bill of Rights was outdated and ignored a recent international resolution which would put away with the death penalty. In an editorial, the Post also supported that
It said that retaining death penalty in HK should be abolished.
the death penalty only created the risk of that kind of peremptory justice being introduced to the $AR.
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
In a letter to the Post editors, the principal lecturer in law at the City Polytechnic, Allen Hertz, examined the Joint Declaration in the light of international law.
AIRPORT PLAN
SCMP said that the Government was planning to invite tenders from the private sector by 1999 for the franchise to operate the Lantau Fixed Crossing. The report noted that officials admitted that private consortiums were uncertain about the crossing's traffic projections and its expected revenue, rendering it less likely that the Government would be able to secure a good privatisation deal now. HKS reported that motorists using the crossing would be kept informed of conditions ahead through a special monitoring system.
HKO
Both English dailies reported in inside-page lead that the Omelco health panel was told yesterday that a FSD team ordered to monitor production at the HK Oxygen and Acetylene Company after two mix-ups in medical gas, would hand over to company employees.
FUNERAL
SCMP and HKS gave prominent pictorial coverage to the funeral of property tycoon Kwok Tak-seng.
LAND BILL
SCMP reported that the vice-president of the Real Estate Developers Association, Thomas Chen, said that the Town Planning (Amendment) Bill 1990, if not properly enforced, would hinder the development of rural property. He warned the draft could result