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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1987
MEMBERS BEFORE LEAVING THE MEETING, LORD GLENARTHUR TOLD BOARD
INSIGHT INTO THE WAY THAT THE MEETING HAD PROVIDED HIM WITH A RARE
THE LIVING THAT THE BOARD HAD COLLABORATED SO EFFECTIVELY TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT IT SERVED.
NOTING
WAS THAT HE
WORK
OF THE
IMPRESSED BY THE BOARD'S
CLEARLY DOES IMPROVE CO-ORDINATION, LORD GLENARTHUR SAID: "IT LIVING CONDITIONS, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY.
"AND IT'S TACKLED OBVIOUSLY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT, A GREAT DEAL OF ENTHUSIASM, AND A GREAT DEAL OF GENERAL WISH TO BEST THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH YOU ARE PART.
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WITH
SERVE
GLENARTHUR SAID
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE MEETING, LORD THE VARIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED HAD BEEN INTERESTING TO HIM.
WAY
BEEN ABLE TO HEAR
I'VE "I THINK IT'S QUITE CLEAR FROM WHAT OVER THE LAST 15 MINUTES THAT THEY PLAY THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE, REALLY A VITAL ROLE, IN THE
THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, TRANSPORT IS ABLE ENVIRONMENT AND
TO BE MAINTAINED IN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY," HE SAID.
"IT'S PART OF WHY SO MUCH HONG KONG IS ABLE TO WORK IN SUCH AN
HE ADDED. EFFICIENT WAY TO THE ENVY OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,
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LORD GLENARTHUR LATER WENT TO THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION
BRITISH TRADE WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE SENIOR
MR COMMISSIONER,
KONG AND HOLLOWAY, AND BRIEFED ON BRITAIN'S TRADE INTERESTS IN CHINA.
ACCOMPANIED THEN,
HONG
BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT SERVICES, MR CLIVE OXLEY, HE WENT TO THE
FORSGATE, CITY HALL TO HAVE TEA WITH THE COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN, MR GERRY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR ALEX PURVES.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH INCLUDED THE 4.5 PROVISION OF CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE MILLION RESIDENTS OF THE URBAN AREAS.
THE MINISTER WAS TOLD THAT THE PRESENT STRUCTURE WAS FUNCTIONING SMOOTHLY.
THREE-TIER POLITICAL
DESCRIBING THE MEETING AS "EXTREMELY GLENARTHUR SAID HE HAD TALKED TO MEMBERS ON VARIOUS FUNCTIONS COUNCIL, SUCH AS WHAT IT DID, WHAT IT TRIED TO HOPED THE FUTURE WOULD GO IN ITS WIDER SENSE.
INTERESTING",
AND ACHIEVE,
LORD OF THE HOW
IT
/TOMORROW, LORD