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In another development, the Post noted that Sir Percy Cradock wou. meet Lu Ping today and was expected to discuss a number of subjects, including the airport plan. Meanwhile, the paper noted that the HK China News Agency carried two articles yesterday criticising the rising costs of the airport plan. One article said the impression of cost overruns on the airport and its related projects was growing. It also questioned whether contracts were being awarded fairly.
LAW AND ORDER
A HKU survey on HK's law and order situation was reported in good coverage by both papers. Of the 676 people polled, 77.6 per cent rated the present law and order situation as "bad" or "very bad" and most people expected things to get worse in the run-up to 1997. Only 0.3 per cent, or two respondents, regarded it as "very good". Eighty-four per cent were in favour of bringing back the death penalty.
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Remarks by Banking Commissioner David Carse on HK's banking system were accorded good coverage by both paper in the business pages. Post played up his plans to tighten rules on the level of lending money deposit-taking companies and subsidiaries of foreign banks could make on the local market while HKS highlighted the profits of HK's banking industry in 1991.
The Post said FS Hamish Macleod had decided to hold a series of meetings with the various political camps in the Legco in an attempt to draft a more popular budget for the next financial year. This was revealed to three UDHK members at a meeting on Saturday. Mr Macleod said he would also meet representatives from CRC and Meeting Point from July.
A joint submission by four human rights and environment concern group to Omelco constitutional development panel urging the Government to introduce freedom of information legislation was reported by both papers. Among the proposals was the establishment of a registry of government files and documents which should be available for public scrutiny at a charge.
The Post said NT taxi drivers last night warned they might need to re-impose the $1 surcharge unless the Government and the oil companies got together to put an end to increases in fuel costs.
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