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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1991
JLG 18TH MEETING IN PEKING NEXT WEEK
(WEDNESDAY)
THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT THE 18TH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN PEKING FROM MARCH 12 TO 14.
THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR ANTHONY GALSWORTHY.
GROUP
REPRESENTATIVE,
MR
SUEN, MARTIN, SINO-BRITISH
HONG
THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR MICHAEL
AFFAIRS, HONG KONG; MR DOUG SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE,
MR GROUP,
KONG; HONG
PAUL, JOINT LIAISON DEPARTMENT, PCO; AND MR WILLIAM EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG.
ALAN
HEAD,
KONG
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GOVT RESPECTS TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED A CONSISTENT POLICY OF RESPECT TOWARDS THE CUSTOMS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR TSAO WAS SPEAKING AT A WELCOMING PARTY HOSTED IN HIS HONOUR BY THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPARED NO EFFORT IN SUPPORTING ALL OTHER DEMANDS IN RESPECT OF BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS APART FROM BUILDING PUBLIC CEMETERIES. AN APPARENT EXAMPLE WAS THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERIES, HE SAID.
MR TSAO SAID EVER SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD IN 1913, CEMETERY FACILITIES HAD BEEN DEVELOPED PROGRESSIVELY UNDER THE STRENOUS EFFORTS OF THE PAST AND INCUMBENT MEMBERS.
"APART FROM THE ABERDEEN CEMETERY, THERE ARE THE TSUEN WAN AND CAPE COLLINSON CEMETERIES. THE JUNK BAY CEMETERY, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1989, IS STILL BEING EXPANDED.
"SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 1960'S, NICHES HAVE BEEN BUILT CONTINUALLY FOR ASHES FROM CREMATION, WHICH IS GETTING .INCREASINGLY COMMON IN HONG KONG.
"THE CHAI WAN COLUMBRIUM, WHICH IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HAS A CAPACITY FOR 34,000 NICHES AND IS BELIEVED ΤΟ BE THE LARGEST FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD TODAY.
"THE JUNK BAY COLUMBRIUM, WHICH IS UNDER PROBABLY ALSO ACCOMODATE 80,000 NICHES, HE SAID.
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