SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1985
+THE HISTORICAL ISSUE HAS BEEN SOLVED. THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION HAS BEEN SIGNED AND RATIFIED AND THE TWO GOVERNMENTS ARE FIRMLY COMMITTED TO IT.
+GIVEN THE ENORMOUS INTEREST WHICH ALL CONCERNED HAVE IN HONG KONG'S CONTINUED SUCCESS, THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS CAN BE RESOLVED AND THE INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MANAGED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAKE TRANSITION TO HONG KONG'S NEW STATUS IN 1997 A SMOOTH ONE, THE GOVERNOR. SAID.
WORK OF LAND COMMISSION NOT AFFECTED BY RESHUFFLE'
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THE LATEST GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE WILL NOT HINDER THE WORK OF THE SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE OPENING OF THE YWCA SOCIAL CENTRES ON TSING YI ISLAND, SIR DAVID SAID MR DONALD TSANG, WHO WILL BE TAKING OVER FROM MR JOHN CHAN AS DEPUTY SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES), WAS A VERY EXPERIENCED LAND OFFICER HIMSELF AND HAD QUITE WIDE EXPERIENCE IN DISTRICT LAND WORK.
SIR DAVID SAID MR CHAN WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE LAND COMMISSION UNTIL HE HAD TAKEN UP HIS JOB AS DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES.
+AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT HIS REPLACEMENT WOULD NORMALLY BE EXPECTED TO TAKE HIS PLACE ON THE LAND COMMISSION. BUT THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION HAS TO BE AGREED BY BOTH SIDES, + SIR DAVID SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS CHEUNG MAN-YEE AS DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, SIR DAVID SAID MISS CHEUNG WAS THE MOST SUITABLE PERSON TO TAKE OVER FROM MR STUART WILKINSON.
+SHE HAS WIDE EXPERIENCE AND SHE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR > THE RIGHT JOB AT THE RIGHT TIME, SIR DAVID SAID.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON THE TRIP TO. PEKING BY A DELEGATION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NEXT MONTH, SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THE DELEGATION WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH CONTACTS AT THE WORK ING LEVEL TO DISCUSS PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.
ON WHO EXACTLY THE DELEGATION WOULD MEET IN PEKING AND WHETHER THE RESULTS OF THE TALKS WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING NEXT MONTH, SIR DAVID SAID: I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY WILL BE TALKING WITH, BUT CLEARLY THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THE JLG.+
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