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REFERENCES

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Official Report 4 December 1979

Official Report 31 October 1979 Cols.579-581 Vol.972

Official Report 28 November 1979 Col. 689 Vol. 974

Official Report 24 July 1979 Cols. 157-160 Vol. 971

Col. 94 Vol. 975

CANAVAN

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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

REFORM OF HONG KONG URBAN COUNCIL

1.

My honourable Friend discussed this subject with the

Governor of Hong Kong on the 11th of January.

The matter is still under consideration.

[If pressed]

DISCUSSIONS WITH CHAIRMAN HUA GUOFENG ON THE NEW TERRITORIES

LEASE AND THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG

I would refer the honourable Gentleman to the replies given

by my right honourable Friend, the Prime Minister, on the 4th of December 1979 As she explained, although there was no dis-

cussion of the New Territories Lease as such, both sides

recognised that we shared an interest in maintaining the

stability and prosperity of Hong Kong.

PUBLIC HOUSING

3. It is the Hong Kong Government's policy to provide decent

housing at a fair rent for all those who need it. The arrival of over 280,000 immigrants from China in the past two years has

greatly complicated this task.