FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985
+ BUT NO POSITIVE DECISION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN.+
ASKED WHEN HE WOULD EXPECT A DECISION ON THIS, HE SAID: +WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.+
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IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION AS TO WHEN A DECISION WOULD BE MADE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF OTHER LEGCO MEMBERS, SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS A MATTER REALLY FOR THE GOVERNOR, BUT HE WAS SURE IT WOULD NOT BE LONG.
ASKED ABOUT HIS VIEW ON THE WHITE PAPER RELEASED YESTERDAY ON REFUGEE PROBLEMS, SIR DAVID SAID: +I THINK THIS IS A VERY USEFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOLUTION OF OUR PROBLEM IN THE LONG TERM, AND I HOPE IT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO MAKE A SIMILAR CONTRIBUTION SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE BACK OF THIS PROBLEM.+
ASKED IF HE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW THOSE REFUGEES OF CHINESE NATIONALITY TO STAY IN HONG KONG, HE SAID. +THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. THEY ARE ETHNICALLY CHINESE, AND THEREFORE I WOULD SAY THAT OF ALL THE REFUGEES THEY WOULD BE MORE EASILY ASSIMILABLE IN HONG KONG THAN THE OTHERS.+
ON WHETHER A DECISION WOULD BE TAKEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID, WE GOT TO SEE HOW THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME GOES GENERALLY BEFORE WE TAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
ASKED IF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO TAKE MORE REFUGEES, SIR DAVID SAIDI +LET'S HAVE WHAT WE GOT SO FAR GET THAT PROGRAMME GOING WELL FIRST, I THINK.+
HK-CHINA PASSENGER TRAFFIC CHALLENGE BEING MET
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THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING TO SATISFY THE INCREASING NEEDS OF PASSENGER TRAFFIC BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA BY BOTH LAND CROSSINGS AND IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR FERRIES, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
BOTH HONG KONG AND MACAU, HE ADDED, HAD DEVELOPED INTO IMPORTANT GATEWAYS FOR PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO CHINA IN RECENT YEARS AND TRAFFIC WAS BOUND TO INCREASE.
+THE COMPLETION, AT THE END OF 1987, OF THE NEW FERRY TERMINAL FOR CHINA SERVICES IN CANTON ROAD WILL BE ANOTHER WELCOME ADDITION TO THE FACILITIES PROVIDED TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
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