WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1987
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IMPORTANCE OF DB CONSULTATION STRESSED
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THE GOVERNMENT PLACED GREAT IMPORTANCE ON CONSULTATION WITH DISTRICT BOARDS ON POLICY PROPOSALS, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEE YU-TAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LIAO SAID THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER DISTRICT BOARDS SHOULD BE CONSULTED ON A PARTICULAR POLICY
ISSUE RESTED WITH THE POLICY SECRETARY CONCERNED,
+GENERALLY, SUCH A DECISION TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE DEGREE OF PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THE MATTER, THE NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE PROPOSED POLICY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF OPTIONS ON WHICH DISTRICT BOARDS ARE TO BE CONSULTED, + HE ADDED.
MR LIAO ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SEE TO IT THAT POLICY PROPOSALS WERE CAREFULLY SELECTED FOR CONSULTATION WITH DISTRICT BOARDS.
CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE BN(0) PASSPORT WELL UNDERWAY
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AS A REMINDER TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS AND AS PART OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO OBTAIN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THE NEW BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT, SPECIMENS OF THE PASSPORT SHOWING THE NATIONAL STATUS AND OTHER ENDORSEMENTS WOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THOSE GOVERNMENTS AND TO THE IR REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG BEFORE THE ISSUE DATE OF JULY 1, 1987, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HELMUT SOHMEN, MR JEAFFRESON SA ID: +I'VE SPOKEN PERSONALLY TO CONSUL-GENERALS AND COMMISSIONERS OF 25 COUNTRIES TO WHICH HONG KONG PEOPLE TEND TO TRAVEL MOST. I'VE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR GETTING IN TOUCH WITH US IMMEDIATELY IF THEY FORESAW ANY DIFFICULTIES.+
NINE COUNTRIES HAD SO FAR PUBLICLY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD RECOGNISE THE NEW PASSPORT. THESE WERE THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN, HUNGARY, ISRAEL AND TONGA.
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