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question of LegCo's composition. The make-up of the Council was not established on any geographical basis. Instead the Council was composed of suitably qualified people who were individually appointed to speak on questions affecting all of Hong Kong.
(b) Mr Cheung said that the people of the
New Territories were very concerned about the inadequacy of social welfare and other public facilities, which were not of the same standard as those in the rest of Hong Kong. The Kuk wanted a more even spread of public services throughout Hong Kong, particularly in educational and medical services, the supply of water and electricity, and recreational and cultural facilities. The New Territories were an integral part of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Government should ensure the uniformity of public services.
Lord Goronwy-Roberts said that it was the policy of both the Hong Kong and UK Governments to expand and extend the provision of social services throughout Hong Kong. Naturally the advance was uneven in places (and this was true of the supply of public services in the UK as well) but the aim of both Governments was to deal equally with all people. He had noted Mr Cheung's remarks carefully and was in full sympathy with the idea, as was, he knew, the Governor of Hong Kong. He asked if there was one service in particular which the Kuk felt to be deficient and Mr Cheung said that the supply of sporting and recreational facilities was sadly inadequate. The only facilities in the New Territories were those in the new towns. The Government had plans to provice services elsewhere in the New Territories but no dates had yet been announced for their completion.
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He said that his third point concerned the laws rela- ting to land in the New Territories. Much of the latter had been privately owned by New Territories people long before 1898 and the Second Convention of Peking. Everybody in the New Territories wanted good government and wanted to help the Hong Kong Government provide this. He wished he could say that the Hong Kong Royal Instructions and Letters Patent were being followed, but some of the laws enforced in the New Territories and some of the policies practised there were out-of-date or inadequate. He mentioned in particular the legal problems faced by residents in the New Territories who wished to extend their houses or build new ones. He hoped the Minister would inquire deeply into these problems.
Lord Goronwy-Roberts asked whether the papers which he had been given contained details of particular cases and Mr Cheung replied that one of the papers contained a legal opinion which had been given by a
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