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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1986

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NO PLAN FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLAN TO ADOPT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON DANIEL TSE, SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ADVISED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO PARTICULAR CONFUSION OR INCONVENIENCE TO TRAVELLERS, ALTHOUGH CHINA CHANGED TO SUMMER TIME FROM MAY 4.

+ INDEED, SPECIFICALLY TO AVOID CONFUSION AND INCONVENIENCE, THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SCHEDULES OF AIRLINES, FERRIES, HOVERCRAFT AND TRAINS,+ SIR DAVID SAID.

+NO CHANGE WAS, THEREFORE, REQUIRED ON THE HONG KONG SIDE AND THE OPENING HOURS OF THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS REMAIN THE SAME,+ HE ADDED.

1987 REVIEW WILL CONSIDER ELECTORAL COMPOSITION

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THE 1987 REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE POSSIBLE MIX OF MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THIS HAD BEEN STATED IN THE 1984 WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, HE POINTED OUT.

SIR DAVID WAS REPLYING TO THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHO HAD ASKED WHETHER THE 1987 REVIEW WOULD GIVE FULL CONSIDERATION TO ESTABLISHING A FURTHER THREE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, FOR THE TOURIST INDUSTRY, THE MEDIA, AND THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION.

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