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in the 1990s.
In doing so, we should avoid preconceived
ideas about the abilities of handicapped people. We must
accept a responsibility to work with them to help them lead
lives as dignified and fulfilling as the able-bodied.
B. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
60.
Airport
Last year, I dealt at length with the Port and
Development Strategy; or PADS for short.
This year,
I will bring Members up-to-date on the progress we have made
with PADS and the other ambitious infrastructural projects
which the Government is undertaking in the 1990s. But first
I should like to dispel some common misconceptions about the
nature of PADS and its long term costs and benefits.
61.
PADS
the Port and Airport Development Strategy
is not, of course, a single project. It is a co-ordinated
package of projects which will transform our transport
infrastructure over the next decade and beyond. There
should be no doubt that these projects are essential to Hong
Kong's
Sound
have
to
future
prosperity.
management will be necessary.
Naturally they are expensive.
We will also
financial
strike the right balance between the demands of the
/Government's