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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1991

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STATEMENT ON VM'S

REFERRING ΤΟ A MIGRANTS, A

IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES ABOUT A PRESS REPORT OFF DATE FOR THE

OF VIETNAMESE REPATRIATION GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

CUT

THAT ALL VIETNAMESE

"THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION STATES MIGRANTS WHO ARE SCREENED OUT MUST RETURN TO VIETNAM.

ΤΟ CONTINUES

BE, THE GOVERNMENT'S

"IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND INTENTION THAT THE CPA SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN FULL.

GOVERNMENT'S POLICY.

CLEAR HAS BEEN ON VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS

"THERE IS NO QUESTION OF A CHANGE IN THE

BE

AS THERE WILL

NO

DATES, NEW CUT OFF REPEATEDLY IN ALL THE INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

"

MADE

IMPACT OF AIRPORT PROJECT ON LANTAU ISLAND

THE SECRETARY

FOR HOME

AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO,

TODAY AT CHEK

(WEDNESDAY) DISCUSSED THE IMPACT THE MASSIVE AIRPORT PROJECT LAP KOK WOULD HAVE ON THE COMMUNITIES ON LANTAU ISLAND.

THERE

WERE ΤΟ

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON,

LANTAU AND NORTH TO TUNG CHUNG CHANGES MR TSAO SAID GREAT

OF

WORKERS CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED WHEN THOUSANDS BUILD THE AIRPORT, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, AND A NEW TOWN TO HOUSE 200,000 PEOPLE.

BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT SUCH GREAT EXPERIENCE

NEW FOR THE

TERRITORIES AS DEVELOPMENT IN THE RURAL AREA SINCE 1950.

PAST

WENT THE AIRPORT RAILWAY

CHANGES WERE NOT A NEW THERE HAD

MASSIVE BEEN

WITH NEW

TECHNIQUES

FOR

EXPERIENCE, TOGETHER THE

PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING OF PROJECTS AT THE STAGES, WAS BEING APPLIED TO THE NORTH LANTAU DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.

ON

VILLAGES WOULD BE ABLE TO NOTING THAT MOST OF THE EXISTING REMAIN IN PLACE, MR TSAO SAID THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE. BUILT RECLAIMED LAND OR ON ABANDONED AGRICULTURAL LAND.

BR NEEDED, VILLAGE VILLAGES 90 THAT THE

WHERE CLEARANCE WILL "IN THE FEW CASES RESITE AREAS WILL BE PROVIDED CLOSE TO OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY CAN REMAIN INTACT,

" HE SAID.

CONSTRUCTION

TO RETAIN THE PRESENT PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE IN THE AREA, MR TSAO

WAS BEING MADE ΤΟ DEVISE STRESSED THAT EVERY EFFORT METHODS THAT WOULD MINIMISE THE NOISE NUISANCES.

/HE BELIEVED