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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988

THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT THE AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT POLICY ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WAS "TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN".

ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE MORE CONSULTATION ON THE LIBERALISATION POLICY, SIR DAVID SAID THAT WAS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN DOING.

HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE GENERAL AIM OF POLICY WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.

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"WE SAID THEN WE WOULD GRADUALLY LIBERALISE. THERE'S NOW VERY CAREFUL EFFORT GOING ON TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE IN TUEN MUN AND PEOPLE ELSEWHERE PRECISELY WHAT'S BEING DONE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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"THERE WILL BE NO SUDDEN FLOODING OUT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN A WAY WHICH WILL AFFECT ADVERSELY PEOPLE IN TUEN MUN OR ELSEWHERE, SIR DAVID SAID.

HE HOPED THAT PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND AND REALISE THAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THEY HAD IMAGINED THERE WERE NOT GOING TO BE SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

ASKED WHEN THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITHI THE HANOI GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE, SIR DAVID SAID NO DECISION HAD YET BEEN REACHED ON THIS.

THE BUILDING OF A REPLACEMENT WAS A DIG ONE WITH ENORMOUS GOVERNMENT WAS ASSEMBLING

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAIO THE DECISION IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG AND THAT THE THE FACTS FOR THE AIRPORT.

"I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE IN A POSITION то TAKE THAT VERY IMPORTANT DECISION FOR THE FUTURE OF TIONG KONG BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.

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"IT IS A DECISION WHICH WE MUST TRY TO GET RIGHT. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, THE GOVERNOR STRESSED.

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ON HIS VISIT TO KOWLOON CITY SIR DAVID SAID HE WENT TO THE DISTRICT FOR TWO REASONS: TO LOOK INTO THE QUESTION OF THE EFFECT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE AND TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS.

IIE NOTED THAT THE NEW POLICY OF PROVIDING DOUBLE GLAZING AND AIR-CONDITIONING IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE AIRPORT FLIGHT PATH TIAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING NOISE LEVELS IN CLASSROOMS AND THIS POLICY WOULD CONTINUE.

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