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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1988
GOVERNOR: NO DECISION ON IMPORTING LABOUR
NO DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THE MATTER OF IMPORTATION OF LABOUR AS IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK OUT THE PROS AND CONS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY),
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TRAINING CAMP IN LAM TSUEN, SIR DAVID SAID THE MATTER WAS UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT HE WOULD NOT EXPECT A DECISION FOR SOME TIME TO COME.
"THERE'S LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE CONSIDERING THE PROS AND CONS, SIR DAVID ADDED.
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ASKED WHEN THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITH THE HANOI GOVERNMENT ON THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WOULD BE HELD, SIR DAVID SAID NO DATE HAD YET BEEN FIXED.
"WE WANT OF COURSE TO MAKE PROGRESS AS SOON AS WE CAN. BUT WE DON'T EXPECT PROGRESS ON THIS TO BE QUICK," THE GOVERNOR SAID.
"WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO MAKE STEADY, FORWARD MOVEMENT IN SETTING UP THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR REPATRIATION, SIR DAVID STRESSED.
ASKED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT ALLEGATIONS THAT VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HEI LING CHAU UP, SIR DAVID SAID THE REPORT BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES WAS BEING STUDIED AT THE MOMENT.
INQUIRY ON WERE BEATEN DEPARTMENT
"A DECISION WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN ONCE EVERYBODY HAS STUDIED THE REPORT ON WHETHER OR NOT ANY FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED, SIR DAVID SAID.
CITY CLEANSING TAKEN UP BY PRIVATE SECTOR
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THE PUBLIC CLEANSING SERVICE ALONG A SECTION OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI WATERFRONT FOR 14 HOURS TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN A PRIVATE COMPANY TOOK OVER THE OPERATION.
THIS WAS AN ARRANGEMENT UNDER A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG HONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE WITH THE AIM OF SOLICITING MORE DIRECT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN KEEPING HONG KONG CLEAN.
THE PRACTICE,