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OF 110957Z DECEMBER 90
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14 DEC 1990
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SUMMARY
1. THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE PADS PROJECTS WERE
GIVEN WIDE COVERAGE WHILE THE NATIONALITY ISSUE WAS MODERATELY REPORTED.
FUTURE
TOWN PLANNING
2. THE HEAD OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH, JI SHAOXIANG, AND A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH, ZHENG HUA, SAID THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JD AND THE BASIC LAW, THE LAWFUL TRADITIONAL RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SHOULD BE PROTECTED, AND THAT, THEREFORE, IT WAS HOPED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, IN AMENDING THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE, WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEED TO SAFEGUARD THE LAWFUL TRADITIONAL RIGHTS OF NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS AND RESPECT THEIR VIEWS AND THOSE OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, THE MEDIA REPORTED. THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE COUNCIL'S HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, LU PING, SAID THAT THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH WAS EXPRESSING ITS OWN VIEWS AND THAT THIS DID NOT INVOLVE THE QUESTION INTERFERING WITH HONG KONG'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS, ADDING THAT CHINA DID NOT INTEND TO JOINTLY ADMINISTER HONG KONG WITH THE BRITISH BEFORE 1997, MEDIA REPORTS NOTED.
3. THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT IT WAS 'SLIGHTLY PUZZLING' THAT THE NCNA SHOULD THINK IT RIGHT TO ISSUE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON A MATTER SUCH AS THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL, THAT THE NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION WAS CLEAR, AND THAT THERE WAS NO INFRINGEMENT AT ALL WITH THE JD. THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THAT THE NCNA'S REMARKS WOULD NEITHER CHANGE THE FORM OF THE ORDINANCE NOR THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION TO LEGCO.
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