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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1986
SHE NOTED THAT IT WAS NOW TEN WEEKS SINCE THE COUNCIL UNITED BEHIND A MOTION DRAWING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTENTION TO THE DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE EROSION OF THE RIGHTS OF HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS.
ALTHOUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY PROMISED ON JANAURY 15 TO INFORM THE COUNCIL AS SOON AS THE BRITISH RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED, NOTHING MORE HAD BEEN SAID.
+NO ONE SHOULD THINK THAT THE STRENGTH OF HONG KONG'S FEELINGS ON THIS MATTER ARE ANY LESS TODAY THAN THEY WERE TEN WEEKS AGO,+ SHE SAID.
+THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG MUST NOT BE IGNORED.
+THE WISHES OF THIS COUNCIL MUST BE ADDRESSED.+
MISS DUNN SAID THE COUNCIL WAS GRATEFUL TO THE
GOVERNOR FOR HAVING CONVEYED THE STRENGTH OF HONG KONG'S FEELINGS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNENT AND FOR SENDING A TEAM OF OFFICIALS TO LONDON LAST MONTH TO PROVIDE THE FACTS AND FIGURES NEEDED BY THOSE WHO ADVISE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
SHE AND HER COLLEAGUES HAD ALSO BEEN GRATIFIED BY THE EXTENT OF THE SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM FRIENDS OF HONG KONG IN WESTMINSTER, INCLUDING THOSE WHO SPOKE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF.
+WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE EVIDENCE OF THE IR CONTINUING GOOD WILL, + SHE SAID.
ONLY LAST WEEK, SHE ADDED, SHE HAD RECEIVED A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FROM THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. HE HAD ALSO ASKED THE BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM TO WRITE TO THE HOME SECRETARY TO EXPRESS +HIS CONCERN ABOUT THIS SERIOUS MATTER+.
DECISIONS IN SIX MONTHS ON BRB PROPOSALS
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DECISIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REACHED ON THE PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD DURING THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
WINDING UP THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE, SIR DAVID SAID A PAPER WOULD BE PUBLISHED, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SETTING OUT THE BACKGROUND AND THE RATIONALE FOR THE CONCLUSIONS REACHED AND THE DECISIONS TAKEN.
/+WHATEVER DECISIONS