SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1987
GUANGDONG VISIT EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR FUTURE DECISIONS
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THE VISIT TO GUANGDONG BY NINE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THE DISCUSSIONS THEY HAD WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE CORRECT DECISIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S AIRPORT AND PORT, THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE CHINA FERRY TERMINAL AT CENTRAL, SIR DAVID SAID THEY WERE ABLE TO GET FROM DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS IN CANTON AN INDICATION OF THE RATE OF THE ECONOMIC EXPANSION AND GROWTH THERE WHICH HAD A VITAL BEARING ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.
THE
63 MILLION PEOPLE
"BECAUSE AFTER ALL, IN GUANGDONG THERE ARE AND GUANGDONG IS IN THE PROCESS OF RAPID ECONOMIC EXPANSION,
HE SAID.
FURTHERMORE, HE ADDED, THE PROVINCES SURROUNDING QUANGDONG ALSO FED THEIR GOODS DOWN THROUGH GUANGDONG TO HONG KONG AND THIS PUT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON HONG KONG FACILITIES.
NOTING THAT THE RATE OF GROWTH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS AND THAT THE GROWTH RATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT HAD EXCEEDED THOSE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE VERY MAJOR DECISIONS TO TAKE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT AND PORT, PARTICULARLY THE LATTER.
"AND WE NEED THE BEST DATA WE CAN GET IN ORDER ΤΟ MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ACCURATELY AND ECONOMICALLY EFFECTIVE.
"SO THIS VISIT THIS TIME AND THESE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL TO US IN ENABLING US TO MAKE CORRECT DECISIONS, HE NOTED.
THEY HAD
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF THE CONTACTS ESTABLISHED THIS TIME THEY HAD LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER MEETINGS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES,
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*ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T ARRANGED ANY SPECIFIC MEETINGS, ARRANGED THE BASIS FOR FURTHER MEETINGS DIRECTLY BETWEEN PORT
KONG AND OFFICIALS IN HONG
PORT OFFICIALS IN
AIRPORT CHINA, AIRPORT, AND LAND TRANSPORT TO LAND TRANSPORT," HE SAID.
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SHENZHEN, SIR
DAVID SAID HAD BEEN NADE
AS REGARDS THE PROPOSED AIRPORT AT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD CONFIRMED THAT A DECISION BY THE STATE COUNCIL THAT AN AIRPORT WOULD BE BUILT IN SHENZHEN.
MANY SITES HAD BEEN EVALUATED, BUT THE ONE THE ONE AT BAISHIZHOU, HE SAID.
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