THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1981
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HRH WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR LONDON BY CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AT 10.40 PM THE SAME DAY. THERE WILL BE A PHOTOGRAPH IC FACILITY AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ASSIGNED TO COVER HIS DEPARTURE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE AIR BRIDGE SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM AT 9.15 PM SHARP. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
TRIBUTE TO SIR PHILIP ****
SPEAKING FOR ALL HIS COLLEAGUES, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON OSWALD CHEUNG, PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE AND WISHED HIM EQUAL SUCCESS IN HIS NEW POST AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
HE SAID + IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT DURING THE BUDGET PREPARATION SEASON HE LIVED IN PURDAH, WORK ING LATE INTO THE EVENING, LOCKED IN SECRET CONCLAVE WITH OFFICERS OF FINANCE BRANCH, AND I'M TEMPTED TO ADD OFFICERS OF OTHER PARTS OF THE EMPIRE. WITH FUMES COMING FROM HIS PIPE, HE MAINTAINS A VERY TIGHT SECURITY ON HIS BUDGET PROPOSALS, WHICH SO FAR AS I KNOW HAS NEVER BEEN PENETRATED.+
SIR PHILIP, HE SAID, HAD ELSEWHERE STATED THAT DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS, NUMBERS OF BRIGHT IDEAS FLOWED IN TO HIM FROM ALL SIDES, SOME OF THEM NONE TOO HELPFUL.
+ BUT HE IS DEDICATED TO WHAT HE CALLS THE SYSTEM, AND AS PART OF IT. HE FELT IT HIS DUTY TO LISTEN TO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, SAID MR CHEUNG, ADDING THAT HE SOMETIMES DID NOT AGREE WAS INEVITABLE.+
+AND AS A FINAL SALUTE TO SIR PHILIP'S SERIES OF BUDGETS, I PROPOSE TO SUPPORT HIS MOTION.+
HELP +SANDWICHED CLASS+ PLEA
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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DEVISE MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR NEITHER PUBLIC HOUSING NOR HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS, THE HON WONG LAM SUGGESTED TODAY (THURSDAY).
HE SAID THIS IS A PROBLEM WHICH AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG AND IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
TO BASE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC HOUSING OR HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME SOLELY ON INCOME MAY NOT BE A FAIR POLICY.
+ I BELIEVE THAT SOME TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ARE BETTER OFF THAN A LARGE NUMBER OF MIDDLE-INCOME EARNERS LIVING ELSEWHERE, BOTH IN TERMS OF GROSS INCOME AND OF NET INCOME AFTER DEDUCTION OF RENTALS.
THE GOVERNMENT