XN000022-1989-06-22 — Page 5

THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1989

THE $160 MILLION

RADAR-CUM-COMPUTER VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM WOULD COMMENCE OPERATION IN TWO MONTHS, BY WHICH TIME THE PORT COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE WOULD BE REPLACED.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO VISITED THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD IN CANTON ROAD WHICH PROVIDED MAINTENANCE WORK TO A FLEET OF ABOUT 500 GOVERNMENT CRAFT.

HE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD HAD UNDERGONE A RESTRUCTURING IN ORGANISATION AND WOULD CARRY OUT A SIX-PHASE PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL FACILITIES, THE FIRST THREE OF WHICH WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS AT A COST OF ABOUT $70 MILLION.

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OMELCO NATIONALITY WORKING GROUP REPORTS ON WORK

FOLLOWING IS THE CONTENT OF TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING BY ROSTER MEMBERS OF THE OMELCO SPECIAL WORKING GROUP ON NATIONALITY, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR CHAN YING-LUN, DR LEUNG CHE-HUNG AND MRS NELLIE FONG:

MEMBERS OF THE OMELCO SPECIAL WORKING GROUP ON NATIONALITY ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE HON DAME LYDIA DUNN, HAS FULLY RECOVERED FROM A MINOR DISCOMFORT AND IS WELL ENOUGH TO CARRY ON WITH HER ACTIVITIES.

"TODAY THURSDAY), DAME LYDIA AND THE HON ALLEN LEE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE UK MEDIA AND POLITICAL LEADERS. THEY WILL ALSO SPEND MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IN PREPARING FOR TOMORROW'S IMPORTANT MEETINGS WITH THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND THE PRIME MINISTER.

"OUR OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON HONG KONG IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN PUTTING HONG KONG'S CASE то BRITAIN AND MADE AN IMPACT ON THE UK MEDIA, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS POLITICIANS; THERE WAS CLEARLY A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT, AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, HONG KONG'S PROBLEM. MANY OF THE SPEAKERS ALSO RECOGNISED THAT BRITAIN DOES HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG. AS TO HOW THIS COULD BE DONE, OUR IMPRESSION IS THAT THE LORDS NEED MORE TIME TO DIGEST THE PROBLEMS AND THINK OF A WORKABLE SOLUTION.

"WE ARE GLAD THAT LORD GLENARTHUR HAS IN THE DEBATE REAFFIRMED HMG'S COMMITMENT TOWARDS MAINTAINING THE STABILITY, PROSPERITY AND WELFARE OF HONG KONG. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT IMAGINATIVE SOLUTION HE COULD COME UP WITH.

"MEANWHILE, LETTERS ΤΟ THE UK GOVERNMENT FROM THE HK COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF OMELCO'S MISSION HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE TWO SENIOR MEMBERS.

"WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM ORGANISATIONS.

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