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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1986
ON THE QUESTION OF COMPENSATION FOR THE FACTORIES WHICH HAVE TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY,
SIR DAVID SAID HE DIDN'T THINK A FINAL FIGURE HAD BEEN REACHED YET.
+BUT IT IS QUITE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY, + HE SAID. +BUT THEN THEY ARE VERY LARGE FACTORIES.+
+BUT AS I SAID LAST TIME WHEN I WAS HERE, YOU WILL HAVE TO THINK OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUNK BAY TO HONG KONG AS A WHOLE, AND THEN ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCE OF THOSE DECISIONS.
+THE DECISION TO DEVELOP JUNK BAY MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE POLLUTING FACTORIES FROM WHERE THEY ARE.
+AND WE HAVE DONE THIS IN MANY PLACES.
+THERE WERE MANY FACTORIES IN THE VALLEY OF SHA TIN, SEVERAL HUNDRED I SHOULD THINK.
+AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN MOVED. AND LOOK AT SHA TIN NOW. +
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET MR LU PING, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE OF CHINA'S STATE COUNCIL, WHO IS CURRENTLY VISITING HONG KONG.
+BUT THE PRECISE DETAILS HAVE NOT YET BEEN WORKED OUT.
+1 MET MR LU PING IN PEKING WHEN I WAS THERE, SO FIRST OF ALL IT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR ACQUAINTANCE, AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT HONG KONG IN GENERAL AND WHAT HE WILL BE DOING HERE.*
ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD DISCUSS HONG KONG'S POLITICAL CHANGES WITH MR LU. SIR DAVID SAID THERE WOULD NOT BE A PRECIS: AGENDA FOR THE IR DISCUSSION.
+WE WILL HAVE A GENERAL TALK ABOUT HONG KONG WHAT IS GOING ON HERE AND SO ON, HE SAID. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG SOCIALLY, POLITICALLY AND FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT.+
IN REPLY: TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID HE KNEW OF NO PLANS FOR MR LU TO MEET THE GOVERNOR.
AS FOR WHETHER SIR EDWARD WOULD ACCOMPANY MR TIMOTHY RENTON, MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, ON HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT TO CHINA, SIR DAVID ALSO SAID HE KNEW OF NO PLANS FOR THE GOVERNOR TO GO TO CHINA.
+MR RENTON IS MAKING A VISIT WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD BE MAKING WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS OFFICE AS MINISTER, HE ADDED.
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