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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985

ASKED ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT TO BE PREPARED BY THE NEW MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENT. SIR EDWARD SAID: +WE SHALL BE WORKING ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. I DO NOT THINK THEY HAVE TAKEN A DECISION IN LONDON YET AS TO EXACTLY WHEN IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PARLIAMENT, BUT WE SHALL MAKE IT AS GOOD A REPORT TO HIM AS WE CAN SO THAT THE REPORT TO PARLIAMENT CAN BE AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE.+

ASKED IF ELECTIONS WOULD PLAY A MAJOR PART IN THE REPORT SIR EDWARD SAID: +1 AM SURE ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD To REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL FIND A PLACE IN THE REPORT.+

ON WHO WILL SUCCEED SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR EDWARD SAID: IT IS A LITTLE EARLY FOR ME TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ON THAT SUBJECT.+

SIR EDWARD SEES CENTRAL, WESTERN DEVELOPMENT

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WAS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BRIEFED ON PLANS FOR REMOVAL BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR OF TWO EYESORES FROM

THE THE RESIDENTIAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS IN KENNEDY TOWN SMITHFIELD CATTLE DEPOT AND THE FORBES STREET POULTRY LAAN.

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DURING A TOUR OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT, SIR EDWARD WAS TOLD THE FUTURE CATTLE DEPOT WILL BE LOCATED NEARER THE ABATTOIR AND THE POULTRY LAAN WILL BE RESITED TO THE WESTERN RECLAMATION NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

FROM A BUILDING IN SAI YING PUN, SIR EDWARD HAD A COMMANDING VIEW OF VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS" AND LAND USAGE IN THE WESTERN RECLAMATION AND THE WATERFRONT AREA OF WESTERN DISTRICT.

THE RECLAMATION, COVERING MORE THAN 30 HECTARES, STRETCHES ALONG A SECTION OF CONNAUGHT ROAD WEST BETWEEN BELCHER'S POINT AND CENTRAL RECLAMATION.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED BY CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LAM KAM-KWONG, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS ON MATTERS CONCERNING TRANSPORT, THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

THE PARTY THEN BEGAN A WALKABOUT OF LOK KU ROAD, HOLLYWOOD ROAD AND UPPER LASCAR ROW IN SHEUNG WAN WHERE THE GOVERNOR LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S URBAN RENEWAL PILOT SCHEME.

THE LCHEN.