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MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1984
MR TSAO REITERATED THE POINT THAT IF THERE WAS A NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT, OR TO AMPLIFY IT, OR TO CLARIFY IT, AND IF BOTH SIDES AGREED, THIS COULD NO DOUBT BE DONE WITH THE SAME GOOD SENSE AS THE TWO GOVERNMENTS HAD EXERCISED IN DEALING WITH THE AGREEMENT ITSELF.
HE POINTED OUT THAT SIR GEOFFREY HAD ALSO SAID, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN HONG KONG ON ALL PARTS OF IT WILL BE OF VALUE IN OUR CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE, PARTICULARLY IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.
+¡ AM SURE THE HOUSE WOULD WISH ME TO URGE EVERYONE IN HONG KONG TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS ON ALL THESE ASPECTS TO THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE.+
MR TSAO SAID HE COULD NOT SUFFICIENTLY EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THOSE +CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS+ TO WHICH SIR GEOFFREY REFERRED.
+THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO GIVE EXPRESSION NOT ONLY TO OUR VIEWS ON THE GENERAL ACCEPTABILITY OF THE REPORT, BUT ALSO WHATEVER THOUGHTS WE MAY ENTERTAIN ON PARTICULAR ASPECTS, SO THAT WE CAN INDICATE WHAT IT IS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SPELT OUT IN GREATER DETAIL,+ HE SAID.
REFERRING TO THE LONG QUEUES OF PATIENT PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE FOR THEIR PERSONAL COPY OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT, OF WHICH 2.2 MILLION COPIES WERE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE FIRST 10 DAYS, MR TSAO SAID, +WE CAN SAFELY DEDUCE THAT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THIS PUBLICATION.+
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE HAD OVER 1 000 ASSESSABLE ITEMS ORIGINATING FROM ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, REPRESENTING LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT OF THE WHITE PAPER'S READERSHIP.
INVESTMENT IN NEW TOWNS URGED ****
REMARKABLE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN DEVELOPING THE NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AFTER OPENING A NEW BRANCH OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK IN YUEN LONG TODAY.
HE SAID THAT WHILE SHA TIN TENDED TO BE THE MOST VISITED OF THE NEW TOWNS. PERHAPS DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO THE URBAN AREA, THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY.
MR AKERS-JONES ................