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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1988

AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN REACHED WITH THE

CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW THE YOUNG CHILDREN TO ACCOMPANY THEIR MOTHERS BACK TO CHINA IF THE PARENTS SO WISH.

BEING HONG KONG RESIDENTS THE CHILDREN CAN RETURN ANY TIME THEY LIKE.

"THE MOTHERS CAN ALSO APPLY FOR TWO-WAY EXIT PERMITS ΤΟ VISIT THEIR HUSBANDS IN HONG KONG AND THERE TS NO RESTRICTION ON THEIR HUSBANDS VISITING THEM IN CHINA, MR YEUNG ADDED.

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APPOINTMENTS TO LDC ANNOUNCED

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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT MR HU FA-KUANG, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, TO BE THE FIRST CHAIRMAN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY SET UP ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 15).

ALSO ANNOUNCED ARE THE APPOINTMENTS OF 11 MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF THE CORPORATION, OF WHOM THREE ARE GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY ARE MR LEUNG CHUN-YING, MISS LEUNG WAI-TUNG, MR JACKIE CHAN CHAI-KEUNG, DR HENRIETTA IP MAN-HING, MR THOMAS T.T. CHEN, MR VINCENT LO HONG-SUI, MR PAO PING-WING, MR ALEXANDER S.K. AU, THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS, THR DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS AND THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON).

"THEIR APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS STARTING FROM JANUARY 15, THE DAY THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED AS THE DATE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ORDINANCE COMES INTO OPERATION, GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE CORPORATION, MR ABRAHAM RAZACK, WILL ALSO BE A BOARD MEMBER.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE NEWLY-APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MR HU FA-KUANG, TOGETHER WITH THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE CORPORATION, MR ABRAHAM RAZACK, WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SESSION.

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