XN000022-1993-04-22 — Page 9

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1993

So,

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OF

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DID I

AGO OR ELECTORAL

THE

ISSUES

IN A BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE

GOVERNOR ! THAT'S A PRETTY LONG AND COMPLICATED QUESTION AND SOME WITH. IT TOUCHES ON ISSUES THAT I'VE ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO DEAL THINK I SAID EARLIER THAT BECAUSE NEGOTIATIONS WERE CONFIDENTIAL, NOT MEAN THAT BRITAIN AND CHINA WOULD BE PRODUCING A "SECRET DEAL". DON'T THINK I USED THE WORDS HIDDEN AGENDA. THE BASIS OF THE TALKS IS

IN CONTAINED

THE AGREED AS I SET IT OUT BACK IN MARCH AND AS IS STATEMENT BETWEEN LONDON AND PEKING THAT WAS ISSUED TEN DAYS

ON

ARE DISCUSSING BASIS OF THAT STATEMENT, WE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994/95 WHICH OF COURSE CONTAIN SOME OF THAT I ADDRESSED IN MY SPEECH TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUT, SENSE, THE HONOURABLE MEMBER IS RIGHT, GO BEYOND THAT AS WELL THEY DO TOUCH ON THROUGH TRAIN, AND BY DEFINITION, REFERENCE TO THE BASIC LAW, CONVERGENCE AS WELL. THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I KEEP IN TOUCH MEMBERS IS SO THAT I KNOW THEIR VIEWS NOT ONLY ABOUT THAT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ENDORSED BUT ON OTHER MATTERS AS I WOULD WANT TO BE PROPERLY INFORMED ABOUT HONOURABLE MEMBERS' SO THAT I WAS ABLE TO ADVISE THOSE NEGOTIATING ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AT ANY TALKS IN PEKING. BUT I THINK THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WHO WANTS, AS I DO, TO SEE A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME TO TALKS, WOULD NOT EXPECT A DETAILED BRIEFING ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT EACH ROUND.

I THINK THAT ONE OF WITH HONOURABLE THE PROPOSALS

WELL. VIEWS

A IS

OF THE MR MOSES CHENG : THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, MEMBERS

IS HOUSING LIBERAL PARTY BELIEVE THAT THE SALE OF PUBLIC RENTAL POLICY THAT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY THE ASPIRATION OF

SENSE OF BELONGING. MOST FAMILIES AND BREEDS A

EXECUTIVE GIVEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS RESPONDED NEGATIVELY TO THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST TO RECONSIDER THE SALE OF PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING TENANTS, WHAT DOES GOVERNMENT INTEND TO DO TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM?

ΤΟ

THE

IMPACT

ASPIRATION

OWNERSHIP. ΤΟ

COMMUNITY то SAY

TO HOME PROBLEMS THAT

GOVERNOR

I THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF HOUSING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WHENEVER SHE OR HE IS APPOINTED AND THE

THAT THE AUTHORITY ITSELF TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IT'S TRUE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE ON TABLE WERE IMAGINATIVE ENOUGH, WERE LIKELY TO MAKE THE SORT OF THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IN THE POLICIES WE PURSUE WE RECOGNISE THE LARGE AND GROWING WHICH THE HONOURABLE MEMBER HAS REFERRED TO FOR HOME SAY THAT ISN'T TO PUT ON ONE SIDE THE GREAT IMPORTANCE IN A LIKE THIS OF GOOD DECENT PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE RENTED SECTOR.

ENCOURAGE THE TO DO MORE TO THAT ONE WANTS

ASPIRATION OWNERSHIP DOESN'T MEAN THAT ONE DOESN'T RECOGNISE THE EXIST OF MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, OF RELATIONS BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND TENANTS, OF COURSE WE RECOGNISE BUT WE HAVE IN MY JUDGEMENT TO DO MORE TO RESPOND TO THAT MANY FAMILIES HAVE TO OWN THE ROOF OVER THEIR OWN HEAD.

AND WORKING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OR CHAIRWOMAN OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY

PLACE, THE NEW HOUSING AUTHORITY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN BOTH IN THE HOUSING

AND OUTSIDE, AUTHORITY

POLICIES THAT WILL ENCOURAGE HOME OWNERSHIP. THE FIGURES

HOUSING PREDICTED BY THE AUTHORITY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS FOR THE INCREASE IN HOME OWNERSHIP ARE REMARKABLE AND ENCOURAGING BUT I THINK THE WHOLE OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO EVEN FURTHER AND FASTER IF WE CAN.

THOSE ISSUES HOPE THAT SO WE WILL BE

/MR PRESIDENT .................

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