SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1985
ABLE CANDIDATES FROM LEGCO POLLS. SIR EDWARD
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING HE WAS SURE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS WOULD PRODUCE SOME ABLE CANDIDATES AND HE LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM WHEN THE COUNCIL ASSEMBLED AGAIN IN THE AUTUMN.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN FROM LONDON, SIR EDWARD SAID THE ELECTIONS WERE ATTRACTING A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST NOT ONLY IN HONG KONG BUT ALSO IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE.
✦ | COME BACK NOW AT THIS TIME IN ORDER TO BE SURE TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST STAGE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS WHICH WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD SAID HE HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY AND HAD BEEN KEPT IN TOUCH WITH WHAT HAD BEEN GOING ON HERE BY REPORTS FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND FROM PRESS SUMMARIES.
+ I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND THE LAND COMMISSION HAD MADE A GOOD START.+
WHILE IN LONDON, SIR EDWARD SAID HE HAD TWO OR THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS ABOUT VARIOUS HONG KONG PROBLEMS AND TO REPORT TO THEM WHAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING HERE. HE ALSO HAD TALKS WITH STAFF OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON ABOUT THEIR WORK.
SIR EDWARD WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, AND SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR ROGER LOBO.
RESIDENTS' VIEWS SOUGHT ON HOUSING GREEN PAPER
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WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS WILL BE CONSULTED ON THE HOUSING SUBSIDY TO TENANTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING GREEN PAPER THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES SENT OUT BY THE DISTRICT BOARD AND CONSULTATION MEETINGS ORGANISED IN THE DISTRICT.
STARTING FROM MONDAY (AUGUST 19), THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP SET UP UNDER THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL DISTRIBUTE WITH THE HELP OF 200 VOLUNTARY WORKERS 100 000 SETS OF QUESTIONNAIRES TO RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE QUESTIONNAIRES