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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985
GOVT DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT PROSPERITY, STABILITY
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT THE TWIN GOALS OF PROSPERITY AND STABILITY ENSHRINED IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION AND TO STEER THE TERRITORY THROUGH A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION STATUS.
DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI SAID THERE WERE STRONG INDICATIONS OF THIS DETERMINATION IN THE TONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S ANNUAL ADDRESS.
SPEAKING AT THE POLICY DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), HE SAID THE LONG LIST OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS OUTLINED WOULD SERVE TO BOOST CONFIDENCE IN LOCAL AND OVERSEAS INVESTORS AND CONCURRENTLY TO DEMONSTRATE THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO SUSTAIN HONG KONG'S LONG-TERM
DEVELOPMENT.
COMMENTING ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, DR HO SAID CONSULTATION WAS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT IN THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS IN THE GOVERNMENT MACHINERY.
+AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE PUBLIC ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT DECISIONS BY CHANNELLING THEIR VIEWS AND WISHES THROUGH THEIR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, ELECTED AND APPOINTED, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND ATTENTION IN CONSULTING AND CANVASSING THE IR CONSTITUENCIES PRIOR TO DEBATES ON IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT POLICY PROPOSALS.
+TO PROMOTE THIS FREE-FLOW COMMUNICATION, DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN MAKING REPEATED REQUESTS TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF SUBSIDISED OFFICE ACCOMMODATION AND SECRETARIAL SERVICES.
+ URGE THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROMPTLY CONSIDER THESE REQUESTS, DR HO SAID.
TURNING TO THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS DR HO SAID THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONAL ITY) ORDER 1986, PUBLISHED OVER A MONTH AGO, HAD DRAWN CONSIDERABLE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
HE AGREED THAT THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT MERITED IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION AND WAS PLEASED THAT THERE WOULD BE A DEBATE ON
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 4.
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LEAVING THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS ASIDE, HE RAISED A POINT OF PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT.
/HE POINTED
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