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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1985

PEOPLE SHOULD PARTICIPATE

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SIR EDWARD

THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) HIS WISH FOR THE NEW YEAR WAS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD PARTICIPATE.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING SOME 900 YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING PART IN A CAMP JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSONS' ASSOCIATION IN WU KAI SHA, SIR EDWARD SAID THE THEME OF THE CAMP WAS PARTICIPATION.

+ THE THEME OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR IS PARTICIPATION, AND THE THEME OF HONG KONG IS PARTICIPATION,+ HE SAID.

+THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES. THERE ARE THE ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH, AND LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED.+

SIR EDWARD SAID HE EXPECTED A HEALTHY TURNOUT AT THE ELECTIONS.

+1 AM CERTAINLY HOPING FOR A HEALTHY TURNOUT. HOPE EVERYBODY WHO IS REGISTERED WILL CAST HIS VOTE. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.+

ASKED TO COMMENT ON RECENT REPORTS ON THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, THE GOVERNOR SAID, THE SITUATION ON THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IS STILL THE SAME, WHICH IS THAT THE FINAL DECISIONS HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN. THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED, BUT I AM AFRAID YOU WILL HAVE TO BE PATIENT FOR JUST A BIT LONGER.+

ASKED WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE, HE SAID, NOT TOO LONG, +

IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE BASIC LAW, SIR EDWARD SAID, THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW IS, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, A MATTER FOR THE CHINESE RATHER THAN FOR US, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED ANY DEFINITE PLANS YET. +

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