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SAPURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1985

NO SIGNIFICANCE IN WALLED CITY VISIT

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THERE WAS NO SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS'S VISIT TO THE WALLED CITY ON THURSDAY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING THE AUTUMN FAIR OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SIR DAVID SAID MR THOMAS JUST WANTED TO SEE FOR HIMSELF WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE LIKE IN THE WALLED CITY.

+ IT'S ALWAYS USEFUL FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE LIKE IN THE WALLED CITY, HE NOTED.

SIR DAVID SAID WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN DOING IN THE WALLED CITY DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS WAS TO HELP WITH THE COLLECTION OF REFUSE, GENERALLY TO PUT SOME STREET LIGHTING IN, TO PAVE THE PATHWAYS OF THE WALLED CITY, AND TO TRY AND HELP WITH THE WATER SUPPLY.

+ IT HAS BEEN A CONTINUING PROGRAMME FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, HE ADDED.

ASKED WHETHER THE ISSUE OF THE WALLED CITY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, SIR DAVID SAID: THE AGENDA FOR THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IS A CONFIDENTIAL MATTER, SO I CAN'T DISCUSS THE AGENDA OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.+

SIR EDWARD VISITS COMMERCE SCHOOL *****

THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING VISITED THE HANG SENG SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AT SIU LEK YUEN, SHA TIN, TO INSPECT THE SCHOOL'S LATEST FACILITIES.

SIR EDWARD WAS WELCOMED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MR S.H. HO; THE VICE-CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISOR OF THE SCHOOL, MR Q.W. LEET A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MR A.S.K. AU- THE SCHOOL'S PRÉSIDENT, MR N.M. HO, AND VICE-PRESIDENT,

MR L.B. CURZON.

/SIR EDWARD