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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1991

HEUNG YEE KUK STATUS FULLY RECOGNISED: SHA

HEUNG YEE KUK'S STATUS IN HONG KONG IS FULLY RECOGNISED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR HAD

SPEAKING DURING A COURTESY VISIT TO THE KUK THIS AFTERNOON, TSAO SAID THIS WAS CLEARLY INDICATED BY THE FACT THAT THE KUK BEEN DESIGNATED AS A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY FOR THE COMING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

HE PRAISED THE KUK FOR ITS CO-OPERATION WITH THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN PROMOTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOR ITS VALUABLE OPINIONS ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND RURAL ISSUES.

"THE KUK'S INCREASING LIAISON WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ALSO SHOWS THAT IT IS PLAYING A SUCCESSFUL ROLE AS THE MAJOR CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES," HE SAID.

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NOTING THAT THE ELECTION OF SPECIAL COUNCILLORS FOR THE 28TH TERM OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WOULD BE HELD ON THURSDAY (MAY 2) MR TSAO SAID THE NEW COUNCILLORS WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND DURING THE RUN-UP TO 1997.

IMPORTANT PROSPERITY.

IMPROVING

HE ALSO REAFFIRMED THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE STANDARD OF LIVING AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

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TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY UPGRADING

HONG KONG'S TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN PLAYING THEIR PART IN CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY UPGRADING, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER (DESIGNATE), MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THIS FOR

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE $220 MILLION FACTORY OF CABOT PLASTICS HONG KONG LTD AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MR CHAN SAID WAS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE RECENT STUDY ON THE TECHNOLOGY ROAD MAP HONG KONG,

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HE SAID THE PROJECT EVOLVED FROM A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF HONG KONG'S TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND WAS AIMED AT CONSTRUCTING A SERIES OF ROAD MAPS" WHICH DELINEATED WHAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE IN HONG KONG AND WHICH HELPED IDENTIFY THE MISSING LINKS.

"THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL, I AM SURE, BE BENEFICIAL THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN CONSIDERING INVESTMENT PLANS IN THE TERRITORY.

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/"THE GOVERNMENT