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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1994

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DO YOU INTEND TO BRING UP REGARDING LAND, TWO THINGS: QUESTION: WITH THE CHINESE THE QUESTION OF ALLOWING MORE LAND TO COME ON TO PROPERTY MARKET IN ORDER TO EASE SOME OF THE PRESSURE? POINT

CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSALS ONE. AND SECOND, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE

ON THEIR BEHALF WOULD BE TO GIVE DEVELOPERS THE POWER OF RESUMPTION - DO YOU PLAN TO DO THAT?

GOVERNOR:

ON THE FIRST QUESTION, I THINK IT IS AN THAT WE WILL BE TALKING TO THE CHINESE SIDE THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS ABOUT LAND AND THE AMOUNT OF LAND COMING ON TO THE MARKET.

SOME DEVELOPERS

ARGUMENTS, OTHERS, AS

WHICH I THINK HAVE BEEN PUT BY

WELL AS BY LEGISLATORS, FOR BRINGING FORWARD

OPEN SECRET

THERE ARE AMONG MORE LAND.

THE THERE'S ANOTHER WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES LOCKED INTO

URBAN REDEVELOPING

AREAS, QUESTION OF REDEVELOPING EXISTING LAND,

ΤΟ WHICH PRIVATE WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, INCLUDING THE EXTENT DEVELOPERS CAN MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE RATHER THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THAN WAITING FOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE INVESTMENT.

THINGS THEY ARE ALL THE

WE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. LOOKING AT. I DARE SAY THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND SECRETARY FOR MORE TOMORROW. PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LAND WILL BE SAYING A BIT BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS TO ANNOUNCE AN APPROACH IN DRABS. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE US PROBABLY TO TRY EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND MAKE AS COMPREHENSIVE A STATEMENT AS POSSIBLE.

DRIBS AND TO TIE

PATTEN,

YOU SAY

THAT

WOULD

THE MR

GOVERNMENT IS QUESTION:

AS YOU SUPPORTIVE то THE SETTING UP OF A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION?

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AND SAID, IT MAY HELP IN RESOLVING PROBLEMS OF MATTERS

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GOVERNOR:

WELL, THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY WHAT I SAID, IT'S ALMOST THE WITH OPPOSITE OF WHAT I SAID. BUT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THOSE ISSUES THE LEGISLATORS WHO ARE BRINGING FORWARD THEIR PROPOSALS IN THE COMING WEEKS. THANKS VERY MUCH INDEED.

CAMPAIGN TO TARGET ON 2M POTENTIAL VOTERS

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A MAJOR VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BOTH AT CENTRAL AND DISTRICT LEVELS IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO CALL ON TWO MILLION ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER FOR THE POLLS.

THE

SPEAKING TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE VOTER ELECTION REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN 1994, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOUNDARY AND COMMISSION, MR JUSTICE WOO KWOK-HING, HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION IN THE LEAD-UP TO THE COMING ELECTIONS.

"IT IS OUR CITIZENS' RIGHT TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS, WHICH IS A

FOR VOTING OR PREREQUISITE

PARTICIPATION IN THE DISTRICT BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 18 THIS ELECTIONS

YEAR AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON MARCH 5 NEXT YEAR, MR JUSTICE WOO SAID.

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