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ON

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1985

+NO DECISIONS

*THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS TIME. HE SAID. HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THIS AT ALL AND IT IS STILL IN A VERY PRELIMINARY STAGE OF CONSIDERATION. +

+ I THINK WE MUST LOOK AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF PROPOSALS AND, AS I SAID, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO COUNCILS - THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE URBAN COUNCIL TO THE SECRETARIAT TO MY OFFICE.

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ASKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SECURITY BRANCH FILES ON INDIVIDUALS AND POLITICAL GROUPS AFTER THE BRITISH GAVE UP SOVEREIGNTY, SIR DAVID SAID THAT NO DECISION HAD YET BEEN MADE.

+ IT IS NOW 1985 AND WE ARE STILL 12 YEARS AWAY FROM 1997,+ HE SAID.

ASKED WHETHER THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE FILES WOULD BE LEFT HERE, SIR DAVID SAID HE THOUGHT THAT KIND OF INFORMATION REALLY BELONGED TO THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION.

+AS IT WERE, IT'S PART OF OUR ADMINISTRATION AND PART OF OUR INFORMATION,✦ HE ADDED.

ASKED WHETHER IT WAS LIKELY THAT THESE FILES WOULD BE DESTROYED OR TAKEN AWAY TO LONDON, SIR DAVID SAID: I DON'T THINK I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT BUT I SHOULD THINK THEY WILL BE TAKEN AWAY TO LONDON.+

ON THE CAUSE OF THE ATTACK ON DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER MR NG MING-YUM, HE SAID THE POLICE WERE STILL CONTINUING THEIR

INVESTIGATIONS.

SIR EDWARD TO TOUR WONG TAI SIN ****

THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL PAY A VISIT TO WONG TAI SIN ON WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 23) TO SEE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

HE WILL TOUR LOK FU ESTATE AND WANG TAU HOM ESTATE TO SEE THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE TWO DENSELY POPULATED ESTATES.

HIS TRIP WILL END WITH A VISIT TO WONG TAI SIN TEMPLE WHERE HE WILL ALSO MEET DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE GOVERNOR WILL ARRIVE AT LOK FU ESTATE OFFICE AT BLOCK 13, LOK FU ESTATE AT 2.50 PM. A COACH AM5895 WILL LEAVE THE CGO CARPARK IN CENTRAL AT 1.45 PM TO TAKE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO LOK FU.

GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

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