THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1994
THE TOWN PLANNING WHITE BILL
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT BILL
THE MARINE PARKS ORDINANCE
CHEMICAL
WASTE
AND
LANDFILL
CHARGES
{ IMPLEMENTING
THE
POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE)
BURNING,
AIR POLLUTION MEASURES ON VEHICLE EMISSIONS, OPEN ASBESTOS AND CONSTRUCTION SITE DUST
NOISE CONTROL.
ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH BASIC LAW
* * * * *
THE WITH
BASIC
AFTERNOON LEGISLATIVE
THE
JOINT
THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, THIS (THURSDAY) REITERATED THAT THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS PASSED BY THE
FULLY CONSISTENT COUNCIL DECLARATION AND THE UNDERSTANDING REACHED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS.
WERE
LAW,
THE INLAND
CONGRESS' CONSIDERS
RESPONDING ΤΟ PRESS QUESTIONS AFTER HER VISIT TO REVENUE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S THE CHINESE ABOUT RESOLUTION, MRS CHAN SAID: "THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE NPC DISMANTLING THE THREE-TIER REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IS OF COURSE A MATTER FOR THE NPC ITSELF TO CONSIDER. I SIMPLY WANT TO REITERATE POINTS THAT WE HAVE MADE ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST."
THE FEW
LEGISLATIVE
SHE SAID THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL WOULD ENSURE THAT HONG KONG HAD FAIR AND OPEN ELECTIONS.
'THEY ARE CLEARLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND THEY WILL ENSURE KONG'S PROSPERITY AND SMOOTH
AND WILL MAINTAIN HONG TRANSITION STABILITY AFTER 1997.
A
"I
AM SURE THAT IN THE FINAL, ANALYSIS, THE CHINESE THE DECISION THAT BEST PROTECTS HONG KONG INTERESTS,
THE
זז
WILL MAKE MRS CHAN SAID.
THE
AFFECT
WOULD NPC RESOLUTION WHETHER ASKED
COMING THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, MRS CHAN SAID: "IT IS QUITE CLEAR FROM
ΤΟ PARTICIPATE IN FACT THAT WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS SEPTEMBER'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THAT THE PUBLIC HAS FAITH IN THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
THIS
THROUGH
"THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FAIR AND OPEN SYSTEM, AND
CAN BEST REPRESENT THEIR SYSTEM WILL BE ELECTED THOSE WHO
INTERESTS.
WHO ARE
AND PROSPERITY
"I AM SURE IT WILL BE THE TOP PRIORITY OF ALL THOSE ELECTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SYSTEMS THAT WILL MAINTAIN OUR SMOOTH TRANSITION AND MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S STABILITY AFTER 1997."
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