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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1987

MEMBERS BEFORE LEAVING THE MEETING, LORD GLENARTHUR TOLD BOARD

INSIGHT INTO THE WAY THAT THE MEETING HAD PROVIDED HIM WITH A RARE

THE LIVING THAT THE BOARD HAD COLLABORATED SO EFFECTIVELY TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT IT SERVED.

NOTING

WAS THAT HE

WORK

OF THE

IMPRESSED BY THE BOARD'S

CLEARLY DOES IMPROVE CO-ORDINATION, LORD GLENARTHUR SAID: "IT LIVING CONDITIONS, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY.

"AND IT'S TACKLED OBVIOUSLY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT, A GREAT DEAL OF ENTHUSIASM, AND A GREAT DEAL OF GENERAL WISH TO BEST THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH YOU ARE PART.

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WITH

SERVE

GLENARTHUR SAID

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE MEETING, LORD THE VARIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED HAD BEEN INTERESTING TO HIM.

WAY

BEEN ABLE TO HEAR

I'VE "I THINK IT'S QUITE CLEAR FROM WHAT OVER THE LAST 15 MINUTES THAT THEY PLAY THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE, REALLY A VITAL ROLE, IN THE

THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, TRANSPORT IS ABLE ENVIRONMENT AND

TO BE MAINTAINED IN SUCH AN EFFECTIVE WAY," HE SAID.

"IT'S PART OF WHY SO MUCH HONG KONG IS ABLE TO WORK IN SUCH AN

HE ADDED. EFFICIENT WAY TO THE ENVY OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,

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REG

LORD GLENARTHUR LATER WENT TO THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION

BRITISH TRADE WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE SENIOR

MR COMMISSIONER,

KONG AND HOLLOWAY, AND BRIEFED ON BRITAIN'S TRADE INTERESTS IN CHINA.

ACCOMPANIED THEN,

HONG

BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT SERVICES, MR CLIVE OXLEY, HE WENT TO THE

FORSGATE, CITY HALL TO HAVE TEA WITH THE COUNCIL'S CHAIRMAN, MR GERRY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR ALEX PURVES.

HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH INCLUDED THE 4.5 PROVISION OF CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE MILLION RESIDENTS OF THE URBAN AREAS.

THE MINISTER WAS TOLD THAT THE PRESENT STRUCTURE WAS FUNCTIONING SMOOTHLY.

THREE-TIER POLITICAL

DESCRIBING THE MEETING AS "EXTREMELY GLENARTHUR SAID HE HAD TALKED TO MEMBERS ON VARIOUS FUNCTIONS COUNCIL, SUCH AS WHAT IT DID, WHAT IT TRIED TO HOPED THE FUTURE WOULD GO IN ITS WIDER SENSE.

INTERESTING",

AND ACHIEVE,

LORD OF THE HOW

IT

/TOMORROW, LORD