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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1986

+ BUT WHAT THE JOINT DECLARATION SAYS IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE AND SHALL ABIDE BY THE LAW FOR EXAMPLE.

+SO I SAY DON'T TAKE SIMPLISTIC INTERPRETATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL WORDS. LOOK AT THE WHOLE RANGE OF RELATIONSHIPS,+ HE ADDED.

ASKED ABOUT GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, HE SAID THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE LEGISLATION WHICH LAID DOWN JUST AS THERE WAS IN THE CASE OF KCR AND MTR.

+SO IF YOU WANT A LIGHT RAIL, AND I THINK THERE IS NEED FOR A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM UP HERE, THEN THERE WILL HAVE TO BE LEGISLATION, HE ADDED.

+ BUT ESSENTIALLY, OF COURSE, THE MOUNTING OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE KCR, AND THEY ARE GOING ABOUT IT IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER, I THINK.+

GOVERNOR VISITS YUEN LONG STADIUM *****

THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (SATURDAY) ATTENDED RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS EVENTS HELD AT YUEN LONG STADIUM TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

SIR EDWARD WAS WELCOMED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, AND THE DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES, MR MICHAEL SUEN.

THE PARTY TOURED THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STADIUM TO SEE ABOUT 10 000 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN FUN GAMES, SPORTS AND PONY-RIDING.

BEFORE DEPARTING, SIR EDWARD WATCHED A WATER CARNIVAL IN PROGRESS AT THE YUEN LONG PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL.

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