UNCLASSIFIED
007072 $
MDHIAN 6431
SEPARATE POLITICS FROM ECONOMICS.
CT9
16. ACCORDING TO MING PAO (25.6), A CHINESE OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE BRITISH SIDE HAD NOT GIVEN SUFFICIENT EXPLANATION ON WHY TWO BERTHS WERE AWARDED TO THE CONSORTIA HEADED BY THE JARDINE GROUP, WHILE OTHER OPERATORS WERE ONLY GIVEN ONE EACH.
MERGER OF DBS
17. THE PAPERS REPORTED (24.6) ON THE FIRST MEETING ON 23 JUNE OF THE LEGCO GROUP STUDYING THE MERGER OF THE YAU TSIM AND MONGKOK DISTRICTS. LEGCO MEMBER ALLEN LEE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CRITICISED THE GOVERNMENT FOR IGNORING PUBLIC VIEWS, GIVEN THAT 26 OF THE 27 DB MEMBERS OF THE TWO DISTRICTS HAD EXPRESSED OBJECTION TO THE MERGER. UDHK LEGCO MEMBERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, SUPPORTED THE USE OF POPULATION SIZE AS A GUIDELINE TO DECIDE THE DEMARCATION OF DISTRICTS.
PATTEN
YYYY
MAIN
.HK POLICY
65
DISTRIBUTION
72
NTCD
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO)
CAOFF //MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
PS NO 10.
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