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MDHIAN 0260
CHIEF SECRETARY:
WELL AS YOU KNOW, THE SUBJECT OF DEFENCE LAND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP BUT I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT ME TO
DISCLOSE WHAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS INVOLVED.
CLIFF BALE, RTHK:
SIR DAVID, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE NAVAL BASE WOULD BE MOVED IN 1992. WHEN WOULD YOU ENVISAGE THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS BEING MOVED?
CHIEF SECRETARY:
WE'VE MADE NO DECISION AT ALL ABOUT THE PRINCE OF WALES BUILDING.
THAT IS NOT A DECISION WHICH WE HAVE TO MAKE EARLY. IT DOES NOT IN
ANY WAY AFFECT THE BROAD RECLAMATION. IT COULD WELL STAY THERE IF IT
REQUIRED TO BE OR IT COULD BE MOVED BUT IT IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF GOING AHEAD WITH THAT DECISION.
MONA LEE, HK STANDARD:
REGARDING THE KAI TAK AIRPORT, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE SOME MORE DETAILS ON THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS?
CHIEF SECRETARY:
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WELL I THINK, AS MR BARNES HAS SAID, IT DEPENDS VERY MUCH UPON THE FINAL LAYOUT AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS GIVEN TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK MR BARNES DID MAKE THE POINT - AND IT IS AN INTERESTING ONE
THAT THIS AREA HERE OFFERS A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR A RECLAMATION INVOLVING THE WHOLE OF KAI TAK. YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME OF IT HAS BEEN EARMARKED AS ''PORT DEVELOPMENT'' ONE OF OUR NEW MULTI-PURPOSE BERTH PORTS HERE OR POSSIBLY CONTAINERS AND THE REST OF IT IS CLEARLY OPEN TO A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT. THE FIGURE OF 20 BILLION WHICH I THINK MR BARNES MENTIONED, IS BASED UPON 30 PER CENT OF IT BEING MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 30 PER CENT OF THE AIRPORT SITE BUT NOT INCLUDING THE
RECLAMATION.
((UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER)):
SIR DAVID, HAS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THE NEW AIRPORT? AND WHAT IS THEIR REACTION? BECAUSE APPARENTLY, AFTER 1997, THEIR SUPPORT ON THE NEW AIRPORT IS CRUCIAL.
CHIEF SECRETARY:
THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS TO THIS. FIRSTLY, THAT WE HAVE, AS USUAL, INFORMED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROPOSAL WHICH, AS YOU RIGHTLY SAY, WILL CARRY FORWARD INTO 1997, OF THE ASPECTS OF IT
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