FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1985
+BUT THE CHINESE SIDE NATURALLY WILL NEED CERTAIN FACILITIES IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THEIR WORK AND THERE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT GIVING IT TO THEM,+
ASKED IF IT WOULD VIOLATE THE JOINT DECLARATION, HE SAID, +ON THE CONTRARY IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THE WHOLE ARRANGEMENT WORK AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN.+
ASKED WHETHER IT WAS NECESSARY TO AMEND THE JOINT DECLARATION, SIR EDWARD SAID, +NO. THE JOINT DECLARATION IS NOW IN FORCE. IT IS RATIFIED. IT IS REGISTERED. IT IS THERE.+
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER THIS MEANT THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES IN HONG KONG SINCE SOME CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE LAND COMMISSION ARE HONG KONG PEOPLE, HE SAID, +1 AM NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY HONG KONG PEOPLE. IT USUALLY DEPENDS ON THESE OCCASIONS WHAT KIND OF PASSPORT THEY HAVE.+
GOVERNMENT PRINTING NOTED FOR HIGH STANDARD ****
THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT, ALTHOUGH WORKING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, HAD EARNED A REPUTATION BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR ITS HIGH STANDARDS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.
AND IT WAS UNIQUE AMONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THAT IT WAS A LEADING EMPLOYER IN SUCH AN INDUSTRY,
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW PREMISES, COVERING EIGHT FLOORS IN CORNWALL HOUSE, 28 TONG CHONG STREET, QUARRY BAY, SIR EDWARD SAID: THE DEPARTMENT PRODUCES MANY FINE PUBLICATIONS AND ALSO A WIDE RANGE OF STATIONERY WITHOUT WHICH THE CONDUCT OF MUCH OF OUR EVERYDAY BUSINESS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.+
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT'S NEED FOR MORE AND BETTER QUALITY PRINTED MATERIAL WOULD INEVITABLY CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE LOCAL POPULATION GREW.
SIR EDWARD REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S + IMPRESSIVE RECORD IN MEETING CHALLENGE+, AND SAID ITS STAFF COULD BE PROUD OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS LAST YEAR, WHEN IN DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, +THEY PRODUCED AT HIGH SPEED AND EFFICIENTLY ENORMOUS NUMBERS OF COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, AND OF THE ASSESSMENT REPORT.+
/+THE DEPARTMENT
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