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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT
THE CASE OF EACH UNAUTHORISED ENTRANT WILL BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS. THE AMENDING LEGISLATION WILL NOT AFFECT THIS POSITION.+
HE ALSO EMPHASISED THAT THE PROPOSED SANCTIONS WILL NOT APPLY TO ENTRY OF VESSELS CARRYING UNAUTHORISED ENTRANTS+ WHERE HONG KONG IS THE FIRST PORT OF CALL AS ALREADY DEFINED BY THE GOVERNMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
NEITHER WILL IT APPLY TO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY DECIDES THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW ENTRY, AS A PORT OF REFUGE, FOR THE SAFETY OF VESSELS OR THE LIVES OF PERSONS ON BOARD.
THE PROPOSED PROVISIONS WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 1980, UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON AUGUST 1, FOR CONSIDERATION OF ALL STAGES AT THE SAME SITTING.
GOVERNOR TO VISIT HK INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AUTHORITY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL VISIT THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AUTHORITY TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
SIR MURRAY WILL BE MET BY THE CORPORATION'S CHAIRMAN, MR. LI FOOK-WO, AND ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MR. V.W. MILLER ON ARRIVAL AT THE CORPORATION'S OFFICE IN OI KWAN ROAD, MORRISON HILL.
THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH 1977 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN HONG KONG.
THE BOARD OF THE CORPORATION CONSISTS OF MR. S.L. CHEN, MR. P.Y. WONG, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS AND MR. MILLER.
FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT LOANS, THE NON-PROFIT MAKING CORPORATION AIMS TO BROADEN THE INDUSTRIAL BASE AND UPGRADE TECHNOLOGICAL LEVELS FOR THE ECONOMIC WELL BEING OF HONG KONG.
AT THE CORPORATION'S FIRST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN TAI PO, MORE THAN 32 HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL SITES HAVE BEEN FORMED, REPRÉSENTING 71 PER CENT OF THE NETT INDUSTRIAL SITES.
THE REMAINDER (12.82 HECTARES) IS PROGRAMMED FOR COMPLETION PROGRESSIVELY BY MID-1980,
THE CORPORATION'S