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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1987

LOCAL ISSUES WHICH HAD AROUSED THE BOARD'S CONCERN INCLUDED AIR QUALITY, WATER QUALITY, BUS SERVICES, LIBRARY SERVICES, THE

IMPACT ON TRAFFIC OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN REPULSE BAY AND POK FU LAM, POLLUTION OF TAI TAM RESERVOIR BY A NEARBY CONSTRUCTION SITE, ROCK BLASTING NEAR CHI FU FA YUEN AND THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CAPITAL WORKS PROGRAMME IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

ON COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS, MR LAM SAID THE BOARD HAD IMPROVED THE MEET THE PUBLIC SCHEME.

+IN FACT, ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF CASES RECEIVED THROUGH THE MEET THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD'S POSTGRAMME SCHEMES HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED DURING THE YEAR, HE ADDED.

THE SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO PROMOTE BETTER RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING WITH LOCAL BODIES. IT WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 150 PEOPLE FROM AREA COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SIMON LORD, SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD AND AREA COMMITTEES HAD FORMED A VITAL PARTNERSHIP IN THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE IR WISE AND RATIONAL ADVICE.

+THIS PARTNERSHIP WORKS PARTICULARLY WELL IN SOUTHERN NOT ONLY AS A RESULT OF THE DEDICATION OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, WHO ARE ALSO AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE CLOSE LINKS AMONG THE SIX AREA COMMITTEES,+ MR LORD ADDED.

U.S. PROTECTIONIST BILL CRITICISED

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HONG KONG HAS MADE AN ATTACK AT A MAJOR FORUM IN GENEVA ON THE +BLATANTLY PROTECTIONIST+ TEXTILES AND APPAREL TRADE ACT 1987 RECENTLY INTRODUCED INTO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

THE TERRITORY'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT), MR MICHAEL CARTLAND, MADE THE ATTACK WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE SURVEILLANCE BODY OF THE GATT YESTERDAY (THURSDAY).

THE BILL, HE SAID, WOULD HAVE A DISASTROUS EFFECT ON GATT AND ON THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM IN GENERAL.

/MR CARTLAND