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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1976
TANNERIES CLEARANCE DEADLINE
SEEMS CERTAIN TO BE MET ******
THE 55 SHEUNG SHUI TANNERIES OPERATORS TODAY APPEARED ON THE VERGE OF REMOVING THE LAST OF THEIR HEAVY MACHINERY FROM THEIR FACTORIES TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S CLEARANCE DEADLINE.
A GOVERNMENT INSPECTION TEAM HEADED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, TAI PO, MR. CLIVE OXLEY, WILL MAKE AN EARLY-MORNING TOUR OF THE FACTORIES TOMORROW (AUGUST 3) TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE EQUIPMENT HAS GONE.
BUT MR. OXLEY TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY: +IT'S ALL GOING SO WELL THAT I SEE FEW, IF ANY PROBLEMS, ARISING OUT OF THE FINAL CLEARANCE OF THE AREA.
+AS RECENTLY AS A MONTH OR TWO AGO IT APPEARED THAT WE WERE HEADING FOR A MAJOR CONFRONTATION OVER THIS CLEARANCE.
+ I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOW A VERY, VERY REMOTE
POSSIBILITY INDEED.+
MR. OXLEY, AND HIS TEAM OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE CLEARANCE, REMINDED OPERATORS YESTERDAY THAT ALL THEIR HEAVY MACHINERY WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY 8 A.M. TOMORROW.
+AFTER OUR FIRST INSPECTION YESTERDAY (AUGUST 1), WE WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT 13 OF THE TANNERIES WHO APPEARED TO BE DRAGGING BEHIND THE REST IN MOVING OUT THEIR EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.
+BUT AFTER TODAY'S INSPECTION IT WAS CLEAR THAT THESE 13 TANNERIES HAD MADE A VERY GREAT EFFORT IN ORDER TO CATCH UP TO MEET THE 8 A.M. TUESDAY DEADLINE.
+OUR FINAL INSPECTION WILL START AT 6.45 A.M. AND IF, AS SEEMS LIKELY, THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN MET, THEN THE GOVERNMENT PRESENCE TOMORROW AT THE SITE WILL NEED TO BE ONLY A MINIMAL ONE.
+AND ONCE WE ARE SATISFIED THAT AUGUST 3 DEADLINE HAS BEEN MET. THE TANNERS WILL BE ALLOWED ANOTHER 17 DAYS UNTIL AUGUST 20 CLEAR LITERALLY EVERYTHING FROM THEIR SITES.
+THIS MEANS THE REMOVAL OF SMALLER EQUIPMENT, PERSONAL POSSESSIONS, STOCK AS WELL AS THE DEMOLITION OF THEIR STRUCTURES,+
MR. OXLEY PRAISED THE TANNERIES OPERATORS FOR ADHERING +NOT ONLY TO THE LETTER, BUT TO THE SPIRIT OF THE AGREEMENT THEY SIGNED WITH THE GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK TO MEET THE CLEARANCE DEADLINE.+
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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