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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1985

+SO IT IS REALLY DEALING WITH SPECIFICS, HE ADDED.

HE SAID THE WORKING GROUP'S REPORT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, THEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND IF LEGISLATION WAS INVOLVED, IT WOULD ALSO GO TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

+AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS, AS YOU HEARD THE OTHER DAY, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE PUT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN A WORKING PAPER, HE SAID.

ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET UP A +CENTRAL BUREAU+ TO FIGHT THE TRIADS, SIR DAVID SAID:+WE MUST WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE WORKING PARTY'S REPORT, TO SEE WHAT SORT OF RESPONSE THE COMMUNITY SHOULD MAKE AND HOW WE NEED TO COPE WITH THIS PROBLEM. +

ASKED WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ANNOUNCE THE SUCCESSOR TO SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR DAVID SAID, +AS SOON AS WE ARE READY TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, WE WILL MAKE IT.+

+ COULDN'T SPECULATE AT ALL WHO IS GOING TO TAKE SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE'S PLACE. SIR JOHN HAS GOT TO INTRODUCE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO YET.+

HK BOWLERS ON PAR WITH WORLD'S BEST - SIR DAVID

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HONG KONG HAS UP TO A THOUSAND BOWLING ENTHUSIASTS AND IS BEGINNING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE WORLD'S BEST. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

+DESPITE OUR VERY CROWDED ENVIRONMENT, THIS HAS NOT HINDERED THE GROWTH OF BOWLING HERE, NOR THE PROVISION OF EXCELLENT PRIVATE AND PUBLIC GREENS, HE SAID.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC 1985, SAID THAT BOWLING HAD QUITE A LONG HISTORY IN HONG KONG.

+THIS YEAR THE HONG KONG LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION IS CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, AND I AM TOLD THAT BOWLING GOES BACK TEN YEARS BEFORE THAT, HE SAID.

IN RECENT YEARS, BOWLING HAD DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF THE MAJOR SPORTS, AND THAT HONG KONG HAD BEGUN TO PRODUCE ITS OWN CROP OF WORLD CLASS BOWLERS, HE ADDED,

SIR DAVID SAID THE INTERNATIONAL BOWLS CLASSIC HAD GROWN TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BOWLING CALENDAR. ATTRACTING TOP PLAYERS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE BOWLING WAS A MAJOR SPORT.

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