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Monday, October 29, 1973

He hoped that now that the report was available, a more informed

dialogue on the matter could be established between the government and the

villagers.

Copies of the unabridged version of the report, which was too long

and too technical to be published in full, have already been made available

to the Press and to Unofficial members of the Executive and Legislative

Councils and also to interested organisations including the Conservancy

Association.

Also on sale on Wednesday will be the report of the government

group which visited Singapore and Australia in 1971.

This report has been amended to exclude reference to expressions

of opinion and other comment made to the group in confidence by people in

the refineries and in the government departments which the group visited.

A government spokesman said today it was hoped that members of the

public would themselves take advantage of the publication to inform themselves

on this important issue.

He added it would not be possible to reach a decision on the

refinery until further studies on the proposals to TOA Oil of Japan and

the Textile Alliances Ltd. for a refinery and petrochemical complex also

on Lamma Island

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had been completed.

The reports are on sale at the Government Publication Centre,

Star Ferry Concourse, Hong Kong.

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