WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
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MR PATTEN CONCLUDED HIS VISIT WITH A WALKABOUT AT THE DISCOVERY BAY PLAZA.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS TOUR BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW KWAN-TAI, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHRISTOPHER WONG KWOK-BUN AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM WAI-KEUNG.
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SPEL ATTENDS ENVIRONMENT TALKS IN GUANGZHOU
THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) LED A 13-MEMBER DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE HONG KONG-GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIAISON GROUP MEETING IN GUANGZHOU.
DURING THE THREE-DAY MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE LIAISON GROUP WILL CONSIDER THE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TECHNICAL REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF DEEP BAY AND ITS CATCHMENTS, THE HONG KONG TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW AND THE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL STRATEGY FOR THE PEARL RIVER DELTA.
THE LIAISON GROUP WILL ALSO DISCUSS ITS WORK PLAN FOR 1994.
MEMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON OTHER PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN.
THE DELEGATION WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG
(DECEMBER 10).
ON FRIDAY
MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INCLUDE THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED; THE DIRECTOR OF DRAINAGE SERVICES, MR SIU CHUEN; THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, DR PETER PUN, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
ICAC'S CASE EXPLAINED
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REFERRING TO A REMARK MADE BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR MAN SAI-CHEONG DURING THE MOTION DEBATE ON GREEN PAPER ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND MEN AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY), EVENING CONCERNING AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE IN THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAID BY WAY OF CLARIFICATION THAT THE ICAC REFERRED THE CASE TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AFTER THEY HAD CONCLUDED THEIR INVESTIGATION IN MAY THIS YEAR.
THE EVIDENCE WAS THEN CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BY A DIRECTORATE OFFICER OF THE ATTONEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS, WHO THAT THERE WAS NO CASE TO PROSECUTE.
SENIOR ADVISED
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