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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1990

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YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT PEOPLE TO HE WOULD DO EVERYTHING HE COULD TO ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG REGISTER AS VOTERS AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO TURN OUT TO VOTE.

PROMOTE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING A GALA SHOW TO

YOUNGER GROUP, VOTER REGISTRATION, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HE HOPED THE

RESPONDED TOO WELL IN THE 21 ΤΟ 25-YEAR-OLD GROUP WHO HAD NOT

SEBN TODAY PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS, WOULD BE INSPIRED BY WHAT THEY HAD AND ON TELEVISION.

F

FUTURE OF

"THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THE HONG KONG AND THEY HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE

HE ADDED. WHO ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AFTER THEIR OWN AFFAIRS,

WELL SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WAS GOING QUITE

REGISTERED SINCE PEOPLE SO FAR WITH

IT STARTED, ABOUT 30 60,000

IN PER CENT MORE THAN IT WAS IN THE SAME PERIOD FOR THE LAST CAMPAIGN 1987.

"BUT IT IS STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH. WE REGISTER AND OF COURSE MORE PEOPLE TO TURN OUT.

WANT MORE PEOPLE TO

TO REGISTER THEIR

"THIS IS THE GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE INTEREST AND THEIR CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL GET A BETTER RESPONSE AS THE DAYS GO BY," HE SAID.

SAID

AUTHORITIES HAD ASKED TO COMMENT ON A CLAIM THAT THE CHINESE NOT BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE NEW AIRPORT, SIR DAVID THAT WE WERE PROVIDING INFORMATION AS IT BECAME AVAILABLE.

THE FINANCIAL "CLEARLY AS FAR AS THE FINANCES ARE CONCERNED,

WILL ASPECTS AND I THINK THAT WAS THE REFERENCE WHICH WAS MADE, THAT

AS THE BECOME MORE AVAILABLE OVER THE PERIOD OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS DETAILS OF FINANCIAL STUDIES BECOME AVAILABLE.

"WE HAVE ONLY RECENTLY APPOINTED THE FINANCIAL ADVISERS FOR THE AIRPORT AND THE OVERALL PROJECT ITSELF. THEY WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH MORE PUBLICLY AS ADVICE ON THE PROJECT AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE

INFORMATION WELL. CLEARLY WE WILL BE WANTING TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF TO THE CHINESE SIDE ALSO.

INFORMATION WILL BECOME "I THINK AS THE MONTHS GO BY MORE AVAILABLE AND THAT SHOULD SATISFY ALL THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OF US.

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OF AN COMMENTING ON A RECENT COURT JUDGMENT ALLOWING A CHILD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS A PARTICULAR CASE AND HE DID NOT THINK IT WOULD OPEN A FLOODGATE.

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"THE TIME SCALE INVOLVED IN THAT CASE WAS VERY THINK THAT HAS MADE A PRECEDENCE FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF CASE," HE ADDED.

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