THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1987
TALKING ABOUT POLLUTION IN SAI KUNG, SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD SEEN A CREEK IN THE AREA WHICH HAD CAUSED A SERIOUS POLLUTION PROBLEM.
+THERE IS A LOT OF THAT SORT OF PROBLEM IN HONG KONG WHICH WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS GOING TO BE DEALT WITH BY FILLING IN THAT AREA AND REDEVELOPING IT. BUT WE HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM OF POLLUTION IN MANY PARTS OF HONG KONG WHICH IS NOW TIME WE DID MORE WORK ON, HE ADDED.
ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TIGHTEN CONTROL ON THE HOUSING SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF PETITION BY RESIDENTS OF TUI MIN HOI COMPLAINING ABOUT HIGH RENT, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE HOUSING SOCIETY ON A MATTER LIKE THAT.
IT MUST BE
IT FOR THE HOUSING SOCIETY TO SET THE LEVEL OF ITS OWN RENT. DOES IT ON THE ECONOMIC BASIS AS I UNDERSTAND IT WITHOUT SUBSIDY. I THINK IT HAS TO BE LEFT TO THE HOUSING SOCIETY TO DO THAT ITSELF,+ HE SAID.
+THE HOUSING SOCIETY IS OF COURSE INDEPENDENT.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE GREEN PAPER. SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW AND HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO PRE- EMPT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO SAY AT THE CONFERENCE.
BUSY MORNING FOR THE ROYAL VISITOR
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IT WAS A BUSY MORNING FOR PRINCESS MARGARET WHEN SHE EMBARKED ON THE FIRST FULL-DAY PROGRAMME OF HER THREE-DAY VISIT IN HONG KONG.
SHE FIRST CALLED AT THE HONG KONG ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS IN WAN CHAI BEFORE CROSSING THE HARBOUR TO THE KING'S PARK HEADQUARTERS OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION.
ARRIVING AT THE HARBOUR ROAD PREMISES OF THE ACADEMY SHORTLY AFTER 11 AM, PRINCESS MARGARET WAS GREETED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE BY THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, LADY WILSON, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ACADEMY, DR HELMUT SÕHMEN.
DR SOHMEN THEN PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY, DR BASIL DEANE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MRS KATHERINE YAU, THE ACADEMY'S DEAN OF DRAMA, MR CHUNG KING-FAI, AND THE DEAN OF TECHNICAL ARTS, MR RICHARD BERRY, TO THE PRINCESS.
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