projects,
1 CS financial strategy for the new airport and related the spokesman said the Government expects considerable revenue from the airport projects.
Direct revenue going to the Government will include revenue from the Lantau bridge, tolls and/or from sale of the franchise,
as well as tolls from other roads such as Route 3. This is in
addition to the potential revenue from land sales.
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this amount, some revenue will eventually go to
indirectly in the form of dividend available to
Government as the shareholder of the Airport Authority and
airport railway, as their revenues reach a level which
enables them to more than service their debt.
Said the spokesman : "With careful financial management, the major spending on the key airport projects can be managed whilst still keeping growth of public expenditure to a reasonable level and keeping Hong Kong's financial position healthy through 1997
and beyond."
Hong Kong Government December 1990
CONFIDENTIAL