MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1982
REPORTER:
WHEN WILL IT BE KNOWN ?
SIR EDWARD: WHEN WILL IT BE KNOWN? I DON'T KNOW. THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE USUALLY MADE IN LONDON RATHER THAN IN HONG KONG, THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING......
REPORTER: WHAT ABOUT THE QUESTION OF SCHOOL FEES FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM?
SIR EDWARD: WELL HAD A FULL DISCUSSION WITH LORD BELSTEAD AND OTHERS ON THAT SUBJECT. AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE PROPOSALS NOW MADE BY THE OVERSEAS STUDENTS TRUST WHICH ARE BEING STUDIED THERE AND HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND WELCOMED IN HONG KONG AND I TOLD THEM THAT. SUBJECT TO THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WE WOULD BE MAKING SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM HERE AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PAUSE TO CONSIDER THOSE WHEN THEY COME.
REPORTER: WILL THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG BE CLEAR AFTER
MRS THATCHER'S VISIT?
SIR EDWARD: AS YOU KNOW I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT THE FUTURE. YOU MUSTN'T THINK THAT EVERY THING IS GOING TO BE SETTLED ALL AT ONE GO. THIS IS A STEP BY STEP PROCESS BUT I AM SURE PROGRESS WILL BE MADE STEP BY STEP.
REPORTER: SO YOU DON'T EXPECT A SOLUTION WILL BE MADE WITH MRS THATCHER'S VISIT?
SIR EDWARD: WELL I THINK PERHAPS I HAVE SAID ENOUGH NOW FOR ONE PRESS CONFERENCE HAVING COME STRAIGHT OFF THE PLANE SO CAN I SAY FIRST OF ALL I AM SORRY I WAS LATE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO GREET ME.
WORK SOON ON GIN DRINKER'S BAY PARK ****
SITE PREPARATION WORK WILL START SOON ON A PROPOSED PUBLIC PARK WHICH WILL OCCUPY THE FORMER CONTROLLED TIP AT GIN DRINKER'S BAY.
THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT WHICH FORMS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TSUEN WAN NEW TOWN.
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THE CONTRACT INVOLVES THE SEALING OF THE TIP SURFACE THE VENTING OF METHANE GAS GENERATED FROM EARLIER TIPPING ACTIVITIES AND THE FORMATION OF THE SITE TO NEW LEVELS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT UPON COMPLETION OF THE SITE PREPARATION, WORK WILL START ON THE FIRST PHASE OF RECREATION FACILITIES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANT GROWTH.
+THE FIRST PHASE WILL COVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 20 HECTARES AND IS PLANNED TO BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC FOR USE IN 1985, + HE SAID.
WORK ON THE SITE FORMATION WILL START IN NOVEMBER AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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