XN000022-1985-10-16 — Page 5

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985

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+THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TASK WHICH, I AM SURE, YOU WILL CARRY OUT TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, + HE SAID.

MR WIGGHAM NOTED THAT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 30 WOULD BE A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WITH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ITS MEMBERS BEING ELECTED.

+WE HAVE NOW ENTERED A NEW ERA IN THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.

THE SEVEN NEWLY ELECTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE URBAN DISTRICT BOARDS ARE MR DESMOND LEE (HONG KONG ISLAND EAST); MR LIU LIT-FOR (HONG KONG ISLAND WEST) MR POON CHI-FAI (KWUN TONG): DR CONRAD LAM (WONG TAI SIN); DR DANIEL TSE (KOWLOON CITY); MR CHUNG PUI-LAM (SHAM SHUI PO); AND MR JACKIE CHAN (SOUTH KOWLOON).

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WHITE PAPER ON NATIONALITY

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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 4 PM TOMORROW (THURSDAY) IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM TO COINCIDE WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON NATIONALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR READING IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM FROM 2.30 PM, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL BE ON HAND TO CLARIFY ANY POINTS. HOWEVER, CONTENTS OF THE WHITE PAPER CANNOT BE USED BEFORE 4 PM.

ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY. MR DAVID JEAFFRESON: PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (SECURITY), MRS REGINA IP: DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN CARTER; AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR STEPHEN KUO.

URBCO, REGCO TO HOLD REGULAR TALKS

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CHEONG-LEEN

THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL HOLD COMPREHENSIVE AND FRANK DIALOGUES ON A REGULAR BASIS TO BUILD UP COOPERATION AND BETTER SERVE THE CIVIC NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE, URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, SAID THIS EVENING.

MR CHEONG-LEEN WAS SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL FOR MEMBERS OF THE PRC AS PART OF THE TWO COUNCILS' ONGOING EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR CONTACTS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES AND IMPROVE THE LIFE-STYLE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

/HE SAID