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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1991

HEUNG YEE KUK PLAYS IMPORTANT ADVISORY ROLE ON NT ISSUES: GOVERNOR

THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN GOVERNMENT ON ISSUES WHICH AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

ADVISING THE TERRITORIES,

HEUNG

OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE 28TH TERM OF THE YEE KUK, SIR DAVID SAID IN A SOCIETY AS DYNAMIC AS HONG KONG, THIS WAS NO EASY MATTER.

OF

SETS HE POINTED OUT THAT THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAD TO BALANCE TWO

PRESSURES

MIGHT ON WHICH

THE CONFLICTING

SURFACE APPEAR A RESPECT FOR CUSTOM AND TRADITION ON THE ONE AND THE RELENTLESS PRESSURE FOR CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT ON THE OTHER.

IRRECONCILABLE

"YOU

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HAND,

CUSTOM ΤΟ NEW TERRITORIES THE SAME EXTENT AS

HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO ALLOW THE WEIGHT OF OVERWHELM COMMONSENSE, SO THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CAN BENEFIT

HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT TO FROM RESIDENTS OF THE URBAN AREAS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE KUK'S 28TH TERM WAS A CHALLENGING ONE.

AND OTHER MAJOR THE GOVERNOR SAID WORK ON THE NEW AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS WOULD HAVE A CONSIDERABLE IMPACT ON PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

COMMUNITY.

THE WHOLE

"IN THE LONG-TERM, THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL BENEFIT

IN THE SHORT-TERM THERE WILL BE INCONVENIENCE FOR SOME.

IN THIS, WE WILL BE COMMITTEE INCLUDES

"WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO MINIMISE IT. AIDED BY THE FACT THAT THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE MEMBERS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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THE GOVERNMENT

WAS

COMMITTED

SIR

SAID DAVID IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RURAL PLANNING AND IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY.

"OVER $300 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT.

TO

THE

THERE IS MUCH MORE TO BE DONE. IT WILL TAKE TIME TO ACHIEVE ALL OUR OBJECTIVES.

UNDERSTANDING

MORE

"BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, WITH AN OF EACH OTHER'S PRIORITIES AND DIFFICULTIES, WE CAN ACHIEVE THEM EFFECTIVELY, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

SIR

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DAVID

OUT THAT WAYS POINTED ALSO PROCEDURES WERE BEING DISCUSSED.

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IMPROVE PLANNING

"A SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS CONSULTING THE PUBLIC. KUK'S ADVICE ON THIS IMPORTANT AND COMPLICATED CONSIDERED WITH CARE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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THE HEUNG ISSUE

YEE WILL BE

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