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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1994

Q: (IN CANTONESE) (INAUDIBLE .. PRESS FREEDOM AFTER 1997)

AT

OUR

IMPORTANCE ΤΟ CS: (IN CANTONESE) CERTAINLY, WE HAVE ATTACHED GREAT

ARE PRESS FREEDOM.

ALL THE PRESENT MOMENT, WE

REVIEWING

THAT TO ENSURE THAT ALL LEGISLATION EXISTING LEGISLATION

INTERFERE ALSO WITH FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WOULD BE REVOKED. ON PRESS FREEDOM, WE

THEY SHOULD HOPE THAT THE MEDIA WOULD NOT EXERCISE "SELF-CENSORSHIP". ADOPT AN

IF THE GOVERNMENT

NOT OPEN AND RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE. DOING THE RIGHT THING, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE COURAGE TO POINT IT OF COURSE, IN ENSURING PRESS FREEDOM, THE CHINESE SIDE COULD DO A TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE CONFIDENT.

IS

OUT.

LOT

SITUATION OF FORMER HONG KONG RESIDENTS

Q: (IN CANTONESE) (INAUDIBLE RETURNING TO WORK IN HONG KONG.)

CS: (IN CANTONESE) IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN MANY FORMER HONG KONG RESIDENTS RETURNING TO HONG KONG. ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS IS THAT HONG KONG'S ECONOMY IS VERY BUOYANT. THAT'S WHY MANY WHO HAVE OBTAINED CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP HAVE RETURNED TO LIVE AND TO WORK IN HONG KONG. ON THE SECOND QUESTION, ACCORDING TO THE JOINT DECLARATION, ALL HONG KONG PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN AND OUT OF HONG KONG FREELY DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUTURE SAR GOVERNMENT. REGARDING A SERIES OF ISSUES INCLUDING PROBLEMS RELATING TO EMIGRATION, THE DEFINITION OF PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE CHINESE SIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Q: (IN CANTONESE) WHAT IS YOUR PLAN AFTER 1997?

CS: (IN CANTONESE) AFTER 1997, I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE RETIREMENT AGE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE IS 60 YEARS. BY 1997, I HAVE NOT YET REACHED 60.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OF

GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL DELEGATION VISITS HK

* * * * *

A FOUR-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU GUANGDONG PROVINCE HAS JUST CONCLUDED A THREE-DAY PROGRAMME OF BRIEFINGS AND VISITS TO UPDATE THEMSELVES ON THE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

HONG

THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU, MR WANG YINKUN, BRIEFED THE KONG SIDE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT IN

GUANGDONG.

SUBSEQUENTLY, MR WANG AND HIS DELEGATION WERE BRIEFED ON A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, INCLUDING HONG KONG'S WASTE STRATEGY AND THE OPERATION OF LOCAL CONTROL OFFICES.

DISPOSAL

/THEY ALSO