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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993

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"YOU CAN'T HELP US BY HURTING OUR ECONOMY.

"IT IS NO LESS PERVERSE, FOR BEING WELL-INTENTIONED, TO SET OUT REMOVE CHINA'S MEN STATUS WITH THE AVOWED INTENTION OF

HONG KONG.

"THAT WOULD BE MASSIVELY COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE,

SUPPORTING

MR PATTEN SAID.

POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO ELECTION TALKS, SIR ROBIN SAYS

POSITIVELY

THE BRITISH TEAM WILL APPROACH THE TALKS ON THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE 1994/95 ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG

AND CONSTRUCTIVELY, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, SIR ROBIN MCLAREN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS BEFORE DEPARTURE FOR PEKING, SIR ROBIN SAID THEY WOULD BE WORKING FOR A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.

"THAT MAY TAKE A LITTLE TIME BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO GET DOWN, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TO THE TASK OF DISCUSSING THE PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ELECTIONS DUE TO TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG NEXT YEAR AND IN 1995," HE SAID.

SIR ROBIN SAID HE HAD TWO DAYS OF VERY THOROUGH DISCUSSIONS HONG KONG IN PREPARATION FOR THE TALKS.

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"THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN US, ME AND MEMBERS OF MY TEAM, A GREAT DEAL OF HIS TIME, HE SAID.

"WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH EXCO AND IT'S BEEN PARTICULARLY VALUABLE TO ME TO HEAR THE VIEWS OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO.

"I THINK WE ARE NOW VERY WELL PREPARED FOR THE TASK WHICH LIES

AHEAD."

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR EXPANDING SHEUNG SHUI WATER WORKS

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AWARDED A $91.5 MILLION CONTRACT FOR EXPANDING SHEUNG SHUI TREATMENT WORKS ΤΟ MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR POTABLE WATER ARISING FROM THE CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT OF TAI PO, FANLING AND SHEUNG SHUI NEW TOWNS.

ON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN EARLY

1995, THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING TREATMENT WORKS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 100,000 CUBIC METRES TO 200,000 CUBIC METRES PER DAY, WITH PROVISION FOR FURTHER EXPANSION TO AN ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 250,000 CUBIC METRES.

/THE CONTRACT