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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1994

IS

PROPERTY PRICES TOP GOVERNOR'S AGENDA

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PROPERTY PRICES IS A SUBJECT THAT CONCERNS EVERYONE BECAUSE IT A THREAT TO THE ASPIRATIONS OF ORDINARY FAMILIES AS WELL

AN

KONG'S COMPETITIVENESS AS CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY.

ECONOMY, THE

GOVERNOR,

THE

AS HONG ᎡᎢ HON

THE

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY), THE GOVERNOR SAID PROPERTY PRICES WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE NUMBER ONE DOMESTIC ISSUE ON HIS AGENDA.

AND

SERIOUS

INEPT

"IT IS NOT AN EASY PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS WE HAVE TO TAKE GREAT CARE IN ADDRESSING IT IN CASE WE CREATE

OF RESULT AND DAMAGING PROBLEMS IN THE PROPERTY MARKET AS A ACTION,' HE SAID.

TO TAKE IN

"WE HAVE TO TAKE COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES BUT WE HAVE MEASURES THAT WON'T CREATE DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY SERIOUS PROBLEMS THE SECTOR.

COME

"BUT I DON'T WANT US TO GO OFF AT HALF-COCK, I WANT US TO FORWARD WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF PROPOSALS. THAT IS WHAT OFFICIALS ARE WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE EARLY SUMMER."

ASKED ABOUT

THE

NEW TERRITORIES LAND

(EXEMPTION)

MR BILL, WOULD BE

PATTEN SAID HE HOPED THAT RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FULLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE BILL AND IN THE AMENDMENT THAN WHAT SOME PEOPLE WERE TELLING THEM WAS IN THE BILL AND AMENDMENT.

RATHER IN THE

"THEY ARE NOT HAVING ANY RIGHT TAKEN AWAY, THEY ARE STILL TO MAKE WILLS IF THEY WISH TO DO SO BUT WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED FOR FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

"

ABLE IS

HE ALSO NOTED THE RESPONSES TO THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN.

"THAT DOCUMENT RECEIVED 1,100 RESPONSES AND 90% OF WE SHOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF INHERITANCE RIGHTS TERRITORIES, HE SAID.

THAT

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HE STRESSED

THE GOVERNMENT WAS THAT

TRYING

THEM SAID IN THE NEW

ΤΟ RESPOND AS WHILE AT

NEW

POSITIVELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE SAME TIME BEHAVING AS REASONABLY AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE IN THE TERRITORIES WHO HAD WORRIES AND ANXIETIES ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR POINT.

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