XN000022-1986-04-12 — Page 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1986

FUND BOARD MEMBERS TO BE NAMED SOON

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GOVERNOR

THE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A FEW DAYS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING BIRD WATCHERS TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S BIG BIRD RACE IN MAI PO. SIR EDWARD SAID HE WOULD ASK THE POTENTIAL MEMBERS FIRST BEFORE THEIR NAMES WERE ANNOUNCED.

ASKED TO COMMENT ON A REMARK BY THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, MR IAN WRIGGLESWORTH, THAT MINORITIES IN HONG KONG WOULD HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF STAYING IN BRITAIN, SIR EDWARD SAID MPS HAD THEIR OWN VIEWS ON VARIOUS ISSUES.

+ I THINK THEY ALL EXPRESSED A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS, SO I WILL JUST LET HIS STATEMENT STAND, HE ADDED.

ASKED IF THE INVESTIGATION BY ICAC INVOLVING SEVEN ELECTED URBAN AND REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD AFFECT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S BY-ELECTION TO SELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD SAID HE THOUGHT WHAT THE ICAC COMMISSIONER HAD SAID WAS THAT THEY WERE SIMPLY ENQUIRING INTO THE MATTER, ADDING THAT ONE THING HE NEVER DID WAS TO COMMENT ON ICAC CASES.

GOVERNOR VISITS HOLIDAY CENTRES

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY VISITED RECREATIONAL AND HOLIDAY CENTRES IN SAI KUNG,

ON HIS ITINERARY WERE THE PAK SHA O YOUTH HOSTEL, THE LADY MACLEHOSE HOLIDAY VILLAGE AND THE PO LEUNG KUK PAK TAM CHUNG HOLIDAY CAMP. THESE CENTRES TOGETHER CAN ACCOMMODATE OVER 700 PEOPLE.

BESIDES ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING AREAS, THEY PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES, INCLUDING WATER SPORTS AREAS AND JOGGING TRACKS, SKATING RINKS, ARCHERY RANGES, MULTI-PURPOSE HALLS AND CLUBHOUSES, AND BARBECUE PITS.

SIR EDWARD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO THE SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK, LANDING AT HOI HA VILLAGE.

/HE THEN