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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1982

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NATIONALITY ACT AND STUDENT FEES IN UK

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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED DURING THIS SESSION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO HONG KONG'S IMMIGRATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION +AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY.

AN IMPORTANT RELATED QUESTION WHICH NEEDED TO BE RESOLVED WAS THE NATIONAL ITY DESCRIPTION TO BE USED IN PASSPORTS, HE SAID.

+ THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO URGE ON HMG THE IMPORTANCE WE ALL ATTACH TO A SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

SIR EDWARD SAID ALSO THAT THE GOVERNMENT HOPED TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH BRITAIN FOR JOINT FUNDING OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOME AND OVERSEAS STUDENT FEES, ON THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT OF THE OVERSEAS STUDENT TRUST.

IF ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE AGREED, HONG KONG STUDENTS IN BRITAIN WOULD, SUBJECT TO A MEANS TEST, PAY THE SAME FEES AS HOME STUDENTS, HE SAID.

*WE SHALL BE STUDYING THE POSSIBILITY OF A CO-ORDINATED SCHEME OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITIES AND COMPARABLE INSTITUTIONS ABROAD, IN ORDER TO HELP MEET CURRENT AND EXPECTED SHORTAGES OF MANPOWER IN PARTICULAR AREAS, HE SAID.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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A CLEAN HONG KONG CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

SPEAKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT IN A CROWDED URBAN COMMUNITY RELYING HEAVILY ON MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IS BOUND TO CAUSE PROBLEMS UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY MAKE A DETERMINED EFFORT TO PREVENT IT.

+FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S PART, ACTION STARTS WITH LEGISLATION, HE SAID.

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SIR EDWARD SAID THE PROVISIONS OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BILL ARE BEING EXAMINED BY THE UMELCO GENERAL SERVICES WORK ING GROUP AND, WHEN THE BILL IS PASSED, IT WILL JOIN THE EXISTING WASTE DISPOSAL AND WATER POLLUTION ORDINANCES AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A COMPREHENSIVE NOISE CONTROL BILL, THUS PROVIDING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR POLLUTION CONTROL.

/TOLO HARBOUR