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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1994

THE TOWN PLANNING WHITE BILL

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT BILL

THE MARINE PARKS ORDINANCE

CHEMICAL

WASTE

AND

LANDFILL

CHARGES

{ IMPLEMENTING

THE

POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE)

BURNING,

AIR POLLUTION MEASURES ON VEHICLE EMISSIONS, OPEN ASBESTOS AND CONSTRUCTION SITE DUST

NOISE CONTROL.

ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH BASIC LAW

* * * * *

THE WITH

BASIC

AFTERNOON LEGISLATIVE

THE

JOINT

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, THIS (THURSDAY) REITERATED THAT THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS PASSED BY THE

FULLY CONSISTENT COUNCIL DECLARATION AND THE UNDERSTANDING REACHED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENTS.

WERE

LAW,

THE INLAND

CONGRESS' CONSIDERS

RESPONDING ΤΟ PRESS QUESTIONS AFTER HER VISIT TO REVENUE DEPARTMENT

NATIONAL PEOPLE'S THE CHINESE ABOUT RESOLUTION, MRS CHAN SAID: "THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE NPC DISMANTLING THE THREE-TIER REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IS OF COURSE A MATTER FOR THE NPC ITSELF TO CONSIDER. I SIMPLY WANT TO REITERATE POINTS THAT WE HAVE MADE ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST."

THE FEW

LEGISLATIVE

SHE SAID THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL WOULD ENSURE THAT HONG KONG HAD FAIR AND OPEN ELECTIONS.

'THEY ARE CLEARLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND THEY WILL ENSURE KONG'S PROSPERITY AND SMOOTH

AND WILL MAINTAIN HONG TRANSITION STABILITY AFTER 1997.

A

"I

AM SURE THAT IN THE FINAL, ANALYSIS, THE CHINESE THE DECISION THAT BEST PROTECTS HONG KONG INTERESTS,

THE

זז

WILL MAKE MRS CHAN SAID.

THE

AFFECT

WOULD NPC RESOLUTION WHETHER ASKED

COMING THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, MRS CHAN SAID: "IT IS QUITE CLEAR FROM

ΤΟ PARTICIPATE IN FACT THAT WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS SEPTEMBER'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THAT THE PUBLIC HAS FAITH IN THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

THIS

THROUGH

"THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FAIR AND OPEN SYSTEM, AND

CAN BEST REPRESENT THEIR SYSTEM WILL BE ELECTED THOSE WHO

INTERESTS.

WHO ARE

AND PROSPERITY

"I AM SURE IT WILL BE THE TOP PRIORITY OF ALL THOSE ELECTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SYSTEMS THAT WILL MAINTAIN OUR SMOOTH TRANSITION AND MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S STABILITY AFTER 1997."

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