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Hun asked what response the Minister had given. replied that the Minister had given no concrete reply but had assured the delegation that their points would be considered most carefully, and that they would be given a written reply. He had assured the Kuk that the Minister's door was open to them.
Cheung said he hoped also to main tain contact with Mrs. Thatcher and Mr. Hurd and that when Conservative M.Ps came to Hong Kong they would find time to meet the people in the New Territories and not just fly overhead in a helicopter (this was an illusion to Lord Goronway-Robert's remark on the previous day). Hurd reciprocated.
Cheung continued by explaining that the Kuk was setting up a liaison office in London and they would in future be able to forward through this office further information on particular causes of complaint in future. Hurd took notes throughout and emphasised to the delegation that Mrs. Thatcher wished to assure them that their points
He then turned to Mr. Miller would be carefully studied.
Miller said that and asked if he had any comments to make. many of the arguments in the petition were familiar to him since he had served for several years as a D.O. in the He acknowledged that the way of life of the New Territories people had suffered tremendous
Miller, Md. New Territories. (ල
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The villagers had profited from these developments but the difference in view between the Kuk and the Hong Kong Government was as to whether the amount of profit
Dil the villagers had gained was adequate to compensate for the
amount of disturbance they had suffered.
The meeting ended with mutual exchange of thanks after about 40 minutes.
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S.A. Webb-Johnson
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29th. April, 1977
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