TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1991
NO SNAP DECISIONS ON NEW AIRPORT: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY) REITERATED THAT SNAP DECISIONS WOULD NOT BE MADE ON THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID SAID WHAT HE HAD STATED LAST WEEK ON THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT REMAINED THE SITUATION AT THE MOMENT.
"THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE SNAP DECISIONS THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT, SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES AT STAKE, HE SAID.
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"WE WANT TO GIVE THOSE ISSUES VERY CAREFUL, THOUGHTFUL, MATURE CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE COME TO ANY CONCLUSIONS," SIR DAVID ADDED.
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GOVERNOR'S CONDOLENCES TO AIR CRASH VICTIMS AND FAMILIES
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AND RELATIVES OF THE HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO DIED IN THE LAUDA AIR PLANE CRASH IN THAILAND.
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WHILE THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH CAUSE OF THE CRASH, SIR DAVID JOINED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN THEIR GRIEF AT THIS UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WHICH CLAIMED SO MANY LIVES.
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IS DOING ITS BEST ΤΟ ASSIST THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS TO GET ΤΟ THE SCENE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
CIVIL SERVANTS OFFER 10.43% PAY RISE
A PAY AWARD OF 10.43 PER CENT WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1. HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR CIVIL SERVANTS.
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THE OFFER WAS MADE TODAY (TUESDAY) TO THE STAFF SIDES OF CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICE CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS BY THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM.
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THE LEVEL OF THE PROPOSED PAY AWARD WAS DECIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THIS MORNING.
"IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY DECISION, MR WIGGHAM EMPHASISED.
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