FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989
ASKED TO COMMENT ON REPORTS THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY WERE REFUSED ENTRY ΤΟ HONG KONG. SIR DAVID SAID: "ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITHIN OUR LAW IN THAT WE ARE ENTITLED AT ANY STAGE TO REFUSE ENTRY TO ANYONE COMING TO HONG KONG WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT HE WOULD NOT COMMENT ON INDIVIDUAL CASES.
"THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LAW. BETWEEN LOCAL GROUPS WHO WISH TO SET THEMSELVES UP AS A SOCIETY OR AS A BUSINESS AND PURSUE A POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND A GROUP WHICH COMES FROM ABROAD.
"THERE IS. UNDER THE LAW. STRICTER CONTROL OF PEOPLE WHO WISH ΤΟ COME FROM ABROAD TO INDULGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN HONG KONG REGISTERING UNDER THE SOCIETIES OR THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE. SIR DAVID
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HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO ACT WITHIN THE LAW IN ALL SUCH CASES.
NOTING THAT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE. DECISIONS WERE MADE ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE. THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THERE WAS NO BLANKET POLICY AFFECTING PEOPLE COMING INTO HONG KONG.
CONSULTANTS SOUGHT TO PREPARE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT MASTER PLAN
THE GOVERNMENT IS
INVITING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN A CONSULTANCY TO PREPARE A MASTER PLAN FOR THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
A NOTICE INVITING SUCH EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ALL NECESSARY STEPS WERE NOW BEING TAKEN TO ENABLE THE NEW AIRPORT TO BE OPENED IN EARLY 1997.
"THE MOST PRESSING AND IMMEDIATE TASK IS ΤΟ FINALISE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND LAYOUT AND TO UNDERTAKE RELATED ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES, HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED A WIDE RANGE OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL FIRMS AND CONSORTIA INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT.
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"THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S GAZETTE NOTICE IS TO PROVIDE A OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRMS WITH THE APPROPRIATE SKILLS TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN UNDERTAKING THE MASTER PLAN CONSULTANCY.'
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