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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1985
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THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS;
* THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT; AND
* THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HANDLING OF THE BUSINESS PREVIOUSLY DEALT WITH BY THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING THE COUNCIL WILL BE PROMULGATED IN DUE COURSE. THE WORK SCHEDULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICIALS EITHER FORMERLY ON OR NOW ON THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE AFFECTED.
UK TO GET SUPPORT FOR PASSPORT
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ONCE THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL IS PASSED THROUGH PARLIAMENT, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL BE CONTACTING OTHER COUNTRIES TO EXPLAIN THE NEW PASSPORT AND TO GET THEIR SUPPORT FOR IT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE CMA CHOI CHEUNG KOK PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN TUEN MUN THIS MORNING.
ASKED ABOUT CRITICISM THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE, THE MINORITY GROUPS IN PARTICULAR, TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BNO OR BOC, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT PEOPLE HAD TWO MONTHS TO STUDY THE WHITE PAPER AND COULD APPROACH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION IF NECESSARY.
ASKED IF QUESTIONS ON THE NEW PASSPORT AND THE JENKINS BILL HAD BEEN RAISED DURING LAST NIGHT'S DINNER WITH US VICE PRESIDENT, MR GEORGE BUSH, SIR DAVID REPLIED THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A FRIENDLY DINNER AND THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL DISCUSSION,
+ IT WAS JUST A FRIENDLY OCCASION, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLEASANT DINNER AND A SOCIAL OCCASION, HE SAID.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION EXPANSION PLANNED SIR DAVID
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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM 15 TO 28 AND THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PLACES FROM 12 000 TO 26 000 BY THE END OF THE DECADE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
+AT LEAST 4 000 OF THESE PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN TUEN MUN, A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CENTRE,+ HE SAID.
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