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Lin Shuilong (Lam Shui-lung), a former Deputy Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office under the State Council, has taken over from Huang Zhensheng (Wong Chun-sing), as Chairman of China Travel Service Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd (WWP 18 Oct).

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PDOE (18 Oct) reported an interview given to CNS by LegCo Member, Chim Pui-chung, in which he endorsed the Governor's comments on maintaining good relations with the mainland and voiced concern over inflation.

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22 Oct).

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high-speed ferry service from Hong Kong to to begin operation by next Lunar New Year (PDOE

(22 Oct.) reported a recent meeting in Hong the importance of the family, attended by representatives from Taiwan and the mainland as well as from Hong Kong.

The meeting was organised by the Hong Kong Women's Foundation.

A CNS report (in PDOE of 26 Oct) summarised figures presented to the seminar by Ms Yip Yim Yan-man on increasing pressures on families in Hong Kong, as shown by rising numbers of divorces, one-parent families and mental patients.

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Hong-man, one of a group of NPC deputies from Hong Kong who recently returned from a visit to China, said that, in discussions about the future method of election of deputies from Hong Kong, they had been told that direct elections would not be acceptable (various Hong Kong papers,

24 Oct.)

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PDOE (25 Oct) reported the completion of work, financed by China Light & Power, on a power grid to supply electricity to Shenzhen and other parts of Guangdong.

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A CNS report (in PDOE of 25 Oct) said work had begun on 29 September, and was expected to be completed in 1994, on a project to increase the supply of water from the East River to Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The total annual supply would be increased to 1,743m cu.m and that to Hong Kong to 1,100m cu.m (from 620 cu.m).

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An editorial in WWP (28 Oct) called on Hong Kong Government to review the powers of the Land Development Corporation, increase

transparency redevelopment plans and tighten controls over the operation of the corporation.

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PDOE (24 Oct) published a short article by Cong (presumably a pen-name) on the Treaty of Peking, signed on 24 October 1860. It listed the main provisions of the treaty, including the cession of the southern part of Kowloon (which it noted had previously been leased to the British) and the opening of several Chinese ports to foreign The latter was said to be not necessarily a bad

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