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Mr. Chairman, I said at the beginning of my speech
that this has not been a quiet year. Things are seldom
quiet in HK. Nor would we wish a quiet life even though
this year we would have wished for many things not to have
But despite the trauma of June, we have bounced
back. We are already looking into the next century at the
shape of our city to come.
happened.
One debate, just beginning, will give you
something of our mood. Having decided to build the airport,
we must now decide on whether it should be linked to the
city by hidden tunnel or more visible bridge. If we go for
the latter it would rival the Golden Gate. Mr. Chairman,
bridge or tunnel, Golden Gate or mighty mole, you can see
the scale on which we are building for the future.