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that the widespread Use

yesterday of terms in contracts and notices which excluded or limited liability for damage, NEXT GOVERNOR

personal injury or death, should be The Express and Wah Kiu Yat Po

Wah Klu Yat Po controlled. It suggested that either welcomed the clarification by the they should have no effect at all deputy secretary general

general of

of NCNA or be allowed to take effect only HK branch, Qlao Zhonghuai, that the

they were reasonable. The appointment of the next Governor Consumer Council welcomed the was entirely a matter for the British proposal but felt that controls should Government. Wah Klu said refusal be extended to terms of property by China

China to express its views on transactions. local affairs during the transition. would boost confidence. The HK Times hoped that the political review would go

ahead

as planned and would not be put off because

of Sir Edward Youde's death. CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND Sing Pao said that a proposal by the Labour Advisory Board to set up a special committee to study retirement benefits was a right stap towards the question of Introducing 2 central provident fund. Tin Tin Daily News said that the introduction of

any welfare scheme had to stable political environment 90 that those supported the scheme

depend on

would

Writing In Ta Kung Pao,

be scared away.

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AIRPORT

The Civil Aviation Department had been studying methods to expand the use of the HK International Airport which was to reach its maximum capacity in 1995, and a report would ba completed in Wal Po reported. Measures to increase early 1988, Won

the capacity of the airport included building a new passenger terminal, imposing surcharges during rush hours and banning chartered flights from using the runway.

Views on formation who of political parties

not

Tong that the right of would enable to enjoy the travelling convenience as at presant.

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The Housing Authority's HOS Committee yesterday announced that two-person non-nuclear families from the private sector applying for HOS flats would be put in a lower order of priority than other white form applicants starting from February naxt year, The Acting Director of Housing, Fung Tung, said it was generally recognised that nuclear familles, especially those with children, had greater need for housing and should therefore have higher priority.

LAW REFORM

The Law Reform Commission had recommended in its report on "Control of Exemption Clauses" published

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SPEAKERS at a seminar yesterday agreed that the development of political parties in HK should be

allowed to follow its natural course, the media reported.

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The three speakers Legco members Andrew Wong and 168 Yu-tel and BLCC member Frederick Fung - felt that political parties should be allowed to develop without let or hindrance. Neither should thay be encouraged.

Mr Wong sald he was unable to predict whether political parties would emerge in HK. But the question of political parties should be handled with great care in Introducing political reforms. Не added that political parties were not a pre-requisite for democratisation,

Mr Lee seid that the forme tion of political parties would serve по purpose without a ministerial system.

A working group set up under the BLCC special group on the SAR's political structure decided at a meeting yesterday to hold a seminar on Saturday to discuss the future political system at the district level.

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