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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1992
ON THE TIME AND TOTAL EXPENDITURE REQUIRED MR SZE SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GIVE ESTIMATES.
ESTIMATE
WOULD BE
FOR A REFERENDUM,
POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN MENTIONED
HE SAID A MEANINGFUL THERE WERE SPECIFIC PROROSALS ON THE VARIOUS CONSIDERATIONS ABOVE.
THE QUESTION MR SZE ADDED THAT REGISTERED BEFORE A REFERENDUM COULD BE DECISION HAD BEEN MADE ON THE FRANCHISE.
HOW OF
LOOKED
то VOTERS WERE
BE INTO ONLY AFTER A
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COMPOSITION OF FUTURE LEGCO
THE GOVERNMENT HAS
NOT TAKEN A VIEW FOR THE MOMENT AS
BASIC THE
REGARDS
LAW, WHICH INVOLVES
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 67 OF SOME COMPLICATED QUESTIONS TO WHICH THE ANSWERS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS,
BY QUESTION
THE HON EMILY
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY MR MICHAEL SZE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THAT PERMANENT RESIDENTS
ARTICLE 67 OF THE BASIC LAW STATES
CHINESE OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WHO ARE NOT OF
FOREIGN COUNTRIES MAY NATIONALITY OR WHO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN
COUNCIL OF THE REGION, ALSO BE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
EXCEED 20 PER PROVIDED THAT THE PROPORTION OF SUCH MEMBERS DOES NOT CENT OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL.
LAW
AS WHICH, BETWEEN US AND
"FOR EXAMPLE, ONE SUCH QUESTION RELATES TO THE DEFINITION OF A CHINESE NATIONAL UNDER THE CHINESE MEMBERS ARE THE CHINESE SIDE, MR SZE SAID.
AWARE, IS A
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MATTER BEING
NATIONALITY DISCUSSED
"UNTIL WE ARE CLEAR ON THESE IMPORTANT AND
IT WOULD BE PREMATURE FOR US TO SAY ANY PROVISION OF THE BASIC LAW," HE SAID.
COMPLICATED ISSUES MORE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
TALKS ON CEMENT PLANT RELOCATION UNDER WAY
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OWNERS ARE BEING CONDUCTED WITH A VIEW TO RELOCATING THE KENNEDY TOWN CEMENT PLANT AND AN ALTERNATIVE SITE IS BEING SOUGHT, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON YEUNG SUM, MR EASON SAID THE ABOVE PROCESS WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS OR SO AND THEREAFTER IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE то DETERMINE WHEN RELOCATION COULD BE COMPLETED.
OF
THE
THE ADMINISTRATION RECOGNISE THE INCOMPATIBILITY KENNEDY TOWN CEMENT PLANT WITH ITS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.
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