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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1982

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PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT

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THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER RE-DESIGNATING THE AREA AROUND STATUE SQUARE AS A PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT ON WEEK-ENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AS WAS DONE SOME YEARS AGO, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES, SAID AT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON WONG LAM.

MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT

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IT WAS CLEARLY APPROPRIATE THAT THE CONCURRENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE SOUGHT IN THE CASE OF PROPOSED ACCESSION TO MULTILATERAL TREATIES OF MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON JOHN BREMRIDGE, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THIS WAS BEING ARRANGED, HE SAID.

MR BREMRIDGE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON FRANCIS TIEN AS TO WHETHER HONG KONG HAD ACCEPTED THE PROTOCOL FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT.

+ IF SO AGREED, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR HONG KONG TO ASK HMG TO SIGN THE PROTOCOL ON OUR BEHALF BY THE END OF JANUARY,+ HE SAID.

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