"SDAY, AUGUST
›. 1985
ASKED WHETHER HE WAS SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS MR LAU'S GRIEVANCES, SIR DAVID REPLIED: THE PARTICULAR POINTS NEED LOOKING INTC. BUT AS I SAID WE'VE HAD 25 YEARS OF THIS KIND OF EXCHANGE, AND AS A RESULT YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS ALL AROUND YOU IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK'S ADVICE, AND THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO IT.+
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE KUK'S CONSTITUTION TO ENABLE IT TO APPOINT ITS OWN MEMBERS, HE SAID: -I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT PARTICULAR PROPOSAL FROM THE HEUNG YEE KUK, SO I AM NOT PREPARED TO COMMENT.+
DRAFT ORDER ON NATIONALITY CONSIDERED BY EXCC
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION TO THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL ON NATIONALITY AND A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THERE WILL BE A PERIOD FOR UF: CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT ORDER.
+ THE TIMING OF PUBLICATION IN HONG KONG WILL COINCIDE WITH THAT FOR PUBLICATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE EXACT DATES HAVE NOT YET BEEN DECIDED BUT IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE DRAFT CADER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG WELL BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE UK GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER ANY CHANGES WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY FOLLOWING PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND DEBATES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
WEEK LEFT TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES *****·
AS OF TODAY (AUGUST 13) A TOTAL OF 21 PERSONS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO STAND AS CANDIDATES IN THE FORTHCOMING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION ANNOUNCED.
CANDIDATES NOMINATED SO FAR INCLUDE THREE FOR THE TEACHING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY, TWO EACH FOR THE LABOUR, SOCIAL SERVICES, LEGAL, AND ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PLANNING FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. ONE PERSON EACH HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE COMMERCIAL (DIVISION I), COMMERCIAL (DIVISION 11), INDUSTRIAL (DIVISION 1), FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. FIVE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO STAMP IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
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