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THORLDAY, JUNE 25, 1987

THE PARTY THEN

PROCEEDED TO THE LOWER FLOORS WHERE GOVERNOR WALKED AROUND A MODERN COOKED FOOD STALL CENTRE OF LOCKHART ROAD MARKET. SIR DAVID TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP AND WITH SOME OF THE STALL TRADERS IN THE MARKET.

THE

THE

CHAT

THE LAST STOP WAS A TEA RECEPTION IN THE YMCA HARBOUR VIEW INTERNATIONAL HOUSE WHERE SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON MET MEMBERS OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD AND OTHER LOCAL PERSONALITIES.

INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON GREEN PAPER WELCOME

IN

THE

ON

THE

THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE INITIATIVE OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK

IN CONSULTING AND COLLECTING THE VIEWS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE NEW TERRITORIES AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE ABROAD ON THE GREEN PAPER

DEVELOPMENTS THE 1987 REVIEW OF

IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT,

THE KUK TODAY CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD SAID DURING A VISIT TO (THURSDAY).

THE KUK'S REQUEST FOR A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY SEAT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSIDERED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT HEARD THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GREEN PAPER, MR FORD SAID.

IN

HE PRAISED THE MEMBERS OF THE KUK FOR TAKING AN ACTIVE PART

OF ALL THE THREE LEVELS OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE SYSTEM

REPRESENTATIVE

GOVERNMENT.

PROMOTE THE

THE INDIGENOUS BOTH GROUPS TO

HE ALSO HOPED THE KUK WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ

THE NEW AND CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN POPULATION AND REFLECT NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF GOVERNMENT.

THE

COMMITTED TO THE SAME MOST

WAS MR FORD ASSURED THE KUK THAT THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE NEW TERRITORIES FACILITIES OF PROVIDING PEOPLE

IN HONG KONG AND STANDARDS AS WERE PROVIDED ELSEWHERE IMPORTANTLY, TO PRESERVING THEIR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS.

ALSO,

"IN THE PROCESS OF URBANISATION OF THE NEW THE HAS BEEN MUCH DISRUPTION TO THE LIFESTYLE OF HE SAID.

TERRITORIES,

THERE

RURAL POPULATION,

/HOWEVER, HE