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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1975
LEGCO TO DEBATE COMMODITY EXCHANGE PLAN ON WEDNESDAY
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UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON WEDNESDAY WHETHER OR NOT A COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHOULD BE SET UP IN HONG KONG.
A MOTION SEEKING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMODITY EXCHANGE WAS MOVED IN COUNCIL LAST MONTH BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WHO SAID AT THE TIME THAT PROPOSALS FOR THE SCHEME HAD REACHED +A MORE DETAILED AND DEFINITIVE FORM.+
THE DEBATE ON THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE IS ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY'S COUNCIL SITTING.
DURING THE MEETING, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WILL MOVE ANOTHER MOTION SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BORROW 6.5 MILLION POUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF GENERAL REVENUE.
IN AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE, THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN WILL RAISE THE MATTER OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE NEGOTIATIONS ON TEXTILES WITH THE E.E.C. AND HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE COMMUNITY'S GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES.
DURING QUESTION TIME, UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WILL RAISE NINE QUESTIONS RELATING, AMONG OTHERS, TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME, TOWN PLANNING, SQUATTERS, AND THE CARRYING OF ARMS BY POLICE OFFICERS.
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LADY MACLEHOSE VISITS OF MAN
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LADY MACLEHOSE TODAY VISITED OI MAN ESTATE IN KOWLOON TO SEE CONDITIONS THERE. IT WAS HER FIRST VISIT TO THE ESTATE.
SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. IAN LIGHTBODY, SECRETARY FOR HOUSING AND MR. DONALD P.H. LIAO, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING.
ARRIVING SHORTLY BEFORE 6 P.M., LADY MACLEHOSE VISITED THE FAMILIES OF MR. WONG KAN-LAM IN TAK MAN HOUSE AND MR. LEUNG SAI-LO IN HONG MAN HOUSE,
LATER, SHE TOURED THE OF MAN COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, THE ESTATE'S MARKET AREA AND THE NEW TYPE COOKED FOOD STALLS, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG.
BEFORE WINDING UP HER TOUR, LADY MACLEHOSE MET THE CHAIRMEN OF THE ESTATE'S TWO MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, MR. POON KAI-CHEUNG AND MRS. MAN LOK HENG-CHO! AND DISCUSSED MATTERS ON PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE ESTATE.
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