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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1985
+PROVISION OF THIS FOOTBALL STADIUM WILL CERTAINLY STIMULATE THE PROMOTION OF FOOTBALL IN HONG KONG, AND WILL ALSO GREATLY RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON MONGKOK STADIUM WHICH MANY SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFICULTY IN BOOK ING FOR THEIR ANNUAL SPORTS DAY,+ HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN LOSING TALENTED JUNIOR ATHLETES FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND HE ASKED FOR A THOROUGH STUDY OF ALL RELEVANT FACTORS IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
+ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, WE CAN CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A SPORTS AID FOUNDATION WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESOLVING PROBLEMS RELATED TO FINANCE FACED BY OUR PROMISING JUNIOR ATHLETES,+ MR HU SUGGESTED.
TEMPORARY FREEZE ON HOUSING GREEN PAPER PROPOSED
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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REVIEW ITS LONG-TERM POLICY ON PUBLIC HOUSING BEFORE DRAWING UP RENTAL AND SUBSIDY POLICIES, DR THE HON RICHARD LA! SAID DURING THE POLICY DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
DR LAI PROPOSED THAT IT SHOULD BE TEMPORARILY SHELVED BY THE GOVERNMENT SINCE THERE WERE MANY LOOPHOLES AND CONTROVERSIAL POINTS IN THE HOUSING SUBSIDY GREEN PAPER, WHERE ALL THINGS WERE MIXED UP AND THE LOGIC WAS CONTRADICTORY.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO UNITY OF VIEWS ABOUT
THE SO-CALLED SPIRIT OF THE GREEN PAPER.
BEFORE SEPTEMBER THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD NEVER MENTIONED ANY SPIRIT OF THE GREEN PAPER, AND EVER SINCE THE TERM +SPIRIT+ WAS REFERRED TO, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD NEVER OFFICIALLY POINTED OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE GREEN PAPER WAS.
+UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF UNCLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERM SPIRIT, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO DECLARE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF THE GREEN PAPER,+ HE SAID.
+FURTHERMORE, WITH REGARD TO THE BINARY SYSTEM OF SPIRIT AND CRITERIA ADOPTED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AS DISPLAYED IN THE GREEN PAPER IN ORDER TO STRESS THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE SUPPORT THE SPIRIT, I AM NOT AT ALL FOR IT.
+FIRST, WE HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF WHAT SPIRIT IS.
/+SECONDLY,
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