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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1989

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GOVERNOR PLEASED TO SEE CMB STRIKE SETTLED

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THE GOVERNOR. SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) HE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE CMB WORKERS STRIKE WAS SETTLED

A IN RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE IT DID CAUSE INCONVENIENCE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

OF IN REPLY TO PRESS QUESTIONS AT THE END

HIS VISIT ΤΟ THE SIR DAVID SAID: "WHAT WE WANT TO REE IS SOUTHERN DISTRICT TODAY, CONTINUATION OF AN EFFICIENT SERVICE. AND AN EFFICIENT SERVICE AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE ALSO MEANS GOOD MANAGEMENT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

WITH REGARD TO THE GMB FRANCHISE. THE GOVERNOR SAID

"WHEN FRANCHISE DID NOT COME UP FOR RENEWAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS YET.

THAT WE HAVE GOT A LOOK AT THE RENEWAL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE COMPANY WHICH IS GOING TO RUN AN EFFECTIVE SERVICE," HE SAID.

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ΤΟ PLAN IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER HE HAD ANY PEKING. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD NO PLANS AT THE MOMENT. "IT

JUST NO AT THE MOMENT THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY TRAVEL PLAN LAID OUT. THERE IS

POSITIVE NEGATIVE TO THAT. IT IS JUST I CAN'T GIVE YOU A

ANSWER AND

SAY I HAVE PLANS." HE SAID.

SAID: "I

COMMENTING ON THE JLO MEETING TOMORROW, THE GOVERNOR CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IT WOULD GET DOWN TO DEALING WITH THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FACE."

HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD HAVE DINNER WITH BOTH TEAMS JLG TONIGHT AND HOPED THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD BE ONE OF GETTING PRACTICAL WORK.

OF THE DOWN ΤΟ

HOPED THAT THE BASIC ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNOR

PEOPLE LAW WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN WOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VIEWS OF THE OP HONG KONG ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT PACE OF DEVELOPMENT.

"NOW IF THAT CAN BE DONE. WE. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL AND THE TWO ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG

HE SAID. SHOULD GO IN PARALLEL. THAT IS WHAT I HOPE WILL HAPPEN.

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THE ON THE STAFFING OF

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT. CAKE IN TERMS THE GOVERNOR SAID IT HAD GOT A VERY GOOD SLICE OF THE OF STAFF INCREASES. IT WAS DOING A VERY EFFECTIVE JOB.

"1 AM SURE THEY WILL CARRY OUT

TO THEY HAVE GOT IN THE WHITE PAPER. I DON'T UNDERMINED.'

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THE FULI. THE COMMITMENTS THINK THAT THEY WILL BE

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