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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989

PUBLIC URGED TO GIVE VIEWS ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

(WEDNESDAY)

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY

OUT STRONGLY URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME

TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS GREATER DEMOCRACY IN 1991.

SAID THE MOST SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DAVID

SPECTRUM OF PUBLIC CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE FULL VIEWS EXPRESSED IN CONSIDERING THE PACE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

A

A

THE HON FORMAL PRECEDED

FROM QUESTION AT THIS STAGE, HE SAID IN REPLY TO RONALD CHOW, IT WAS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC CONSULTATION SIMILAR IN PROCEDURE TO THE REVIEW WHICH THE PUBLICATION OF THE 1988 WHITE PAPER.

THE

WAY FORWARD WILL

MAKE

SUCH

A

"A CLEAR CONSENSUS ON TIME-CONSUMING EXERCISE UNNECESSARY.

COME OUT STRONGLY

HE SAID.

"I WOULD THEREFORE URGE THAT OUR COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT MATTER,

SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD STRESSED IN THE COUNCIL IMPORTANT IT WAS TO OBTAIN THE CLEAR SUPPORT OF THE ANY PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE SHOULD BE PUT INTO EFFECT.

REMAIN CONFIDENT

"IN THIS RESPECT, I

THAT

ON JULY 5 HOW COMMUNITY BEFORE

OF MEMBERS ON THE CONSENSUS

WITH A

COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE LEAD IN BUILDING THAT HAS EMERGED AND WILL

THE PROVIDE

GOVERNMENT " HE SAID. DIRECTION ON WHICH TO BASE ITS DECISIONS,

THIS

CLEAR

RELOCATION OF TSING YI OIL DEPOTS INTENDED

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO MOVE THE MOBIL, HONG KONG OIL AND NGA YING CHAU OIL DEPOTS IN TSING YI AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH MOBIL TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ISLAND ARE GOING WELL, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCI, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MIRIAM LAU, MR BARNES SAID THE CONCLUSION OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH MOBIL WAS. EXPECTED ΤΟ BE ANNOUNCED VERY SOON.

HE ALSO SAID THAT DISCUSSIONS WITH HONG KONG OIL ON ITS FUTURE PLANS HAD STARTED AND DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINA RESOURCES COMPANY ON THE NGA YING CHAU DEPOT WOULD BE RESUMED WHEN THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY ON ROUTE 3 WAS AVAILABLE.

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