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REPORTER: +WHEN WILL THE TALKS RESUME?+
SIR EDWARD: +WELL, I THINK YOU ARE ASSUMING THAT THE TALKS HAVE STOPPED. I THINK THE THING IS THAT AS LORD BELSTEAD SAID, WE DON'T REVEAL THE CONTENT OR THE STATE OF THE TALKS BECAUSE AS I SAID JUST BEFORE I LEFT FOR LONDON, THE BEST WAY OF MAK ING
A SUCCESS OF THE TALKS AND IT IS OUR AIM TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF THE TALKS, IS TO CONDUCT THEM IN CONFIDENCE, AND THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO.+
REPORTER 1 +WOULD THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAVE THE POWER TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE?+
SIR EDWARD: THE GOVERNOR IS REQUIRED, AS I THINK YOU KNOW, BY THE LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS, TO TAKE THE ADVÍCE OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON MAJOR ISSUES OF POLICY AND THAT, OF COURSE, NATURALLY INCLUDES AN ISSUE AS IMPORTANT AS THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.+
REPORTER: +WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEUNG YEE KUK MEMBERS HAD MADE A PROPOSAL TO YOU BEFORE YOU WENT TO ENGLAND. DID YOU PUT THIS PROPOSAL TO MRS THATCHER?+
SIR EDWARD +THE HEUNG YEE KUK MEMBERS CERTAINLY MADE A REPORT TO ME BEFORE I LEFT FOR LONDON AND I WAS GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR DOING THAT AND I WAS AWARE OF THE REPORT, THEREFORE, I TOOK IT INTO ACCOUNT IN MY DISCUSSIONS IN LONDON.
+NOW, I THINK PERHAPS WE COULD LEAVE IT AT THAT AND SAY I AM VERY GLAD TO BE BACK WITH YOU ALL. GOODNIGHT.+
TENDERS CALLED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS ROAD
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A NEW ROAD WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OFF BRAEMAR HILL ROAD SHORTLY TO PROVIDE AN ACCESS TO NEARBY DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS PART OF NORTH POINT, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE NOW BEING INVITED BY THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE WORK WILL ALSO INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEPPED FOOTWAY AND ASSOCIATED DRAINS IN THE AREA.
THE FOOTWAY WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN LINK FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SITES IN BRAEMAR HILL ROAD TO CLOUD VIEW ROAD, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND BE COMPLETED BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
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