(4) ANOTHER TERMINAL, BUILT BY PRIVATE INVESTORS, IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT KWAI CHUNG, ALREADY THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST
CONTAINER TERMINAL.
(5) THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE. HONG KONG DOLLARS 3 BILLION IS BEING SPENT EACH YEAR ON THE SEVEN NEW TOWNS, ONE OF THEM ALMOST THE SIZE OF MANCHESTER, OTHERS COMPARABLE WITH
BRISTOL OR LEEDS.
(6) PLANNING IS WELL UNDERWAY FOR THE THIRD UNIVERSITY.
(C) SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
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(1) RELATIONS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT, AS EVIDENCED BY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE WORK OF THE JLG AND THE LAND COMMISSION, WHICH HAVE BEEN MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS ON PRACTICAL MATTERS SUCH AS HK'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE GATT, TRAVEL DOCUMENS (WHICH HAVE ALREADY WON A WIDE MEASURE OF INEERNATIONAL RECOGNITION), THE PENSION SCHEME FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AS WELL AS LAND LEASES, WHICH ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR LAND EVERY WHERE IN HONG KONG UP TO THE YEAR 2047.
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