XN000022-1983-08-26 — Page 7

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1983

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ACTING GOVERNOR MEETS HEUNG YEE KUK

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, MET TODAY WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK.

THE MEETING WAS HELD AT THE INVITATION OF THE ACTING GOVERNOR TO DISCUSS THE KUK'S CONCERN ABOUT ITS CONSULTATIVE ROLE.

REPRESENTING THE KUK WERE ITS CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND MR LIU CHING-LEUNG, MR TSANG LIN, MR CHAN YAT-SAN, MR WONG YUEN- CHEUNG AND MR CHARLES YEUNG SIU-CHO.

ALSO PRESENT WERE THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE ACTING REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR HAIDER BARMA.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS A FRANK AND USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN SIR PHILIP AND MEMBERS OF THE KUK.

AMONG THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED WERE THE PRESENT LAND ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM FOLLOWING THE SETTING UP OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, AND THE ROLE OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRICT OFFICERS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED THE KUK'S STATUTORY CONSULTATIVE ROLE AND CONSULTED IT ON ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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CLEAN UP WORK AT POLLUTED STREAMS INSPECTED ****

AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, MR AUGUSTINE NG, SAID TODAY HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AT THE ESTUARY OF TWO POLLUTED STREAMS LINKING BUTTERFLY BEACH.

MR NG VISITED THE BEACH AND THE STREAM COURSES AS PART OF HIS INSPECTION PROGRAMME TO LOOK INTO THE ACTUAL STATE OF CLEANLINESS IN TUEN MUN.

HE IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE OF TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD,

MR NG WAS TOLD THAT CLEARANCE OF SILT AT TWO LOCATIONS OF THE STREAM NEAR THE BEACH HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT REGULARLY BY WORKERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS.

THE WORK WOULD BE CONTINUED AS THE ACCUMULATED POLLUTING WASTE WAS STILL BEING WASHED DOWN BY RAINFALL FROM THE UPPER STREAM COURSES. THE WASTE HAD BEEN DUMPED THERE BY FORMER PIG FARMERS BEFORE THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE HINTERLAND OF THE BEACH LAST OCTOBER, MR NG WAS TOLD.

/WITH MR NG