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THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1986
+50. AS I SAY, THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WAS A REFLECTION OF THOSE VIEWS WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED TO UMELCO IN THE REPLY FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.+
SIR DAVID DISAGREED WITH A SUGGESTION THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION+ IF AIRLINE OFFICIALS FROM TAIWAN AND CHINA WERE TO HAVE TALKS HERE TO DISCUSS THE RETURN OF THE TAIWAN CARGO PLANE.
HE ADDED: +1 THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD THING THAT THIS QUESTION SHOULD BE SETTLED SATISFACTORILY. I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AT ALL. +
SIR DAVID SEES NORTH DISTRICT PROGRESS
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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED NORTH DISTRICT TO SEE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
ARRIVING BY HELICOPTER AT THE FRONTIER POLICE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS, SIR DAVID WAS MET BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG.
THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE CHEUNG WAH SPORTS CENTRE IN CHEUNG WAH ESTATE WHERE SIR DAVID INSPECTED FACILITIES THAT INCLUDED A DANCE ROOM, A FITNESS ROOM AND GENERAL OFFICE.
SINCE ITS OPENING IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE CENTRE HAD PROVIDED 92 DIFFERENT COURSES TO MORE THAN 2 000 PARTICIPANTS.
SIR DAVID NEXT WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF CHEUNG TAK HOUSE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWN WHICH WOULD PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 181 000 PEOPLE BY 1995. HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER (NTE), MR R. B. HANNA.
SIR DAVID WAS ALSO TOLD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 15-HECTARE ON LOK TSUEN WHICH HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES AND HAS 130 FACTORIES OPERATING IN THE AREA.
SIR DAVID THEN WENT TO BEAS RIVER NEAR KAM TSIN VILLAGE WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY, HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, MR 1.A. HOWARD, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, MR R.W.M. HOARE, ON POLLUTION PROBLEM.
SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT THE POLLUTION, CAUSED MAINLY BY ANIMAL WASTE WAS DUE TO THE COMMON PRACTICE OF LOCAL FARMERS HOSING WASTE FROM PIGSTIES AND POULTRY SHEDS INTO NEARBY STREAMS.
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