Thursday, February 28, 1974
GOVERNOR OPENS TSING YI BRIDGE
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLchose, said today the people of Hong
Kong should not be dismayed by the world-wide problems and "prudently and
confidently doing what is in our power now, so as to develop new wealth and
new prospects for our people in the future."
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He was apoaking at the opening of the $21 million Tsing Yi Bridge
which links the fast-developing
the first major one built in Hong Kong
arcns of Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi.
The bridge is built by a consortium of six companies which operate
on Tsing Yi, and some 234 miles of approach roads were built by the government
for the project.
Growth
Sir Murray said: "To live, Hong Kong must continue to prov.
requires new land for industry and for those who work in industry to live on
and enjoy. The land is there, but the problem is access to it."
The construction of the bridge, particularly by private enterprise,
Sir Kurray said, had the highest significance for Hong Kong, "because it points the way along which much of our future growth will lic." The following is the full text of Sir Hurray's speech:
"Sir Lawrence, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"I am greatly honoured that the Directors of the Tsing Yi Bridge
Company should have invited me to open this bridge, which the company has built for Rong Kong and for which the government will assume responsibility. "Its construction and donation on these terms is therefore a unique
It is also of the
as well as a particularly happy and striking event. highest significance for Hong Kong, because it points the way along which
much of our future growth will lic.
To live