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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1987

FIRSTLY, AT THE REQUEST OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AREA COMMITTEES, DISTRICT BOARDS AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS CNTA STAFF WOULD ASSIST IN RECORDING THE MINUTES OF MEETINGS HELD TO DISCUSS THE GREEN PAPER, AND FORWARDING THESE MINUTES TO THE SURVEY OFFICE AFTER CONFIRMATION BY THE ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED.

SECONDLY, CNTA STAFF WOULD BE PREPARED TO ASSIST DB'S, AC'S AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN ORGANISING PUBLIC MEETINGS OR SEMINARS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THE GREEN PAPER.

THIRDLY, IN GENUINE CASES OF NEED, CNTA STAFF WOULD BE PREPARED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS ONLY ABLE OR PREPARED TO STATE THEIR VIEWS ORALLY BUT WISHING THEIR VIEWS TO BE RECORDED AND FORWARDED TO THE SURVEY OFFICE.

+ IN VIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT'S NEUTRAL AND OPEN-MINDED POSITION IN THE REVIEW, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL NOT TAKE PART IN ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THE SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES DEALT WITH IN THE GREEN PAPER, MR CHAN SAID.

HOWEVER, AS INDIVIDUALS, THEY MIGHT SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS TO THE SURVEY OFFICE IN THE SAME WAY AS ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

+THE SURVEY OFFICE WILL HAVE UNITL OCTOBER 31 TO COMPILE ITS REPORT FOR SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL,+ MR CHAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE REPORT WOULD ALSO BE TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED.

+THEREAFTER, A WHITE PAPER SETTING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL BE PREPARED AND PUBLISHED, PROBABLY EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR,+ MR CHAN SAID.

PRINCESS MARGARET ARRIVES HONG KONG

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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

ARRIVING ON THE QUEEN'S FLIGHT AFTER TOURING CHINA, THE PRINCESS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HER CHILDREN, VISCOUNT LINLEY AND LADY SARAH ARMSTRONG-JONES.

AS THE PRINCESS STEPPED DOWN FROM THE AIRCRAFT, SHE WAS RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON.

/THE GOVE.NOR

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