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"IT IS A MAGNETIC COMPOUND: WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, SINCE 1984, AN IN ANNUAL NET GAIN OF 60 COMPANIES ESTABLISHING REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS
THEY CONTINUE TO COME, HONG KONG.
REITERATED
1.
HE SAID.
HAD
WORKED TO
HE
THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SECURE THE CONTINUITY OF POLICY, OF INSTITUTIONS AND OF PERSONNEL.
WHICH
"AS WE
A GOVERNMENT WE CONTINUE TO PLAN AND BUILD FOR AN
WILL CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND TO BELIEVE OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE DESCRIBED.
ECONOMY
GROW TO MEET THB
INCREASING
"LIVING PROOF THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK IS THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN WHO HAVE PICKED HONG KONG AS THE GATEWAY TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, SIR DAVID SAID.
STATEMENT ON TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990
TOWN
COMMENTING ON THE REMARKS MADE BY AN NONA OFFICIAL ON THE PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID:
"WE ARE QUITE PUZZLED BY THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE NCNA.
"THERE IS NOTHING IN THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT} CONFLICTS WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION.
"SINCE THE BILL WAS FIRST
GAZETTED IN JULY
BILL WHICH
THIS YEAR, THE UNDERTAKEN EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS WITH VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES.
GOVERNMENT
HAS
"WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS FROM A LARGE NUMBER HAVE BEEN OF ORGANISATIONS AND CONCERNED PARTIES. ALL VIEWS RECEIVED SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP FOR THEIR REFERENCE WHEN THEY CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT BILL.
"THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THE GOVERNMENT RUSHING THROUGH THE BILL WITHOUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC VIEWS.
"THE BILL IS AIMED AT PROVIDING A BASIS FOR PROPER PLANNING
THE LAND USE AND PREVENTING FURTHER DETERIORATION OF
ENVIRONMENT THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE."
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