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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1987
PLANNING BASED ON STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, SLW
THE FIRM SINO-BRITISH WORKS, MR GRAHAM
THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING MUST BE BASED ON OBJECTIVES OF STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AS SET OUT IN THE JOINT DECLARATION, THE BARNES, HAS SAID IN BRUSSELS.
SECRETARY
FOR LANDS AND
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE BELGIUM-HONG KONG THESE SOCIETY ON WEDNESDAY, MR BARNES SAID THAT, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE
PROSPERITY, IMPROVE OBJECTIVES, HONG KONG MUST ENSURE ITS COMMERCIAL THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL ITS PEOPLE
WILL TERRITORY THAT THE
VALUED AND RESPECTED
FUTURE
OF SOVEREIGN STATE
CHINA WHEN HONG KONG BECOMES A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR) OF CHINA.
BE
BY
AND ENSURE THE
A THUMB-NAIL AFTER GIVING
SKETCH OF HONG KONG'S POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION, MR DEVELOPMENT, WITH PARTICULAR STRESS ON THE NEW TOWN
PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS UNDER BARNES OUTLINED THE MAJOR PUBLIC AND CONSIDERATION AT PRESENT.
THE PLANS FOR THE
REFERRING TO THE CONTAINER PORT EXTENSIONS AND OTHER DEEP-SEA BERTHS, MR BARNES SAID THAT, UP TILL RECENTLY, FAR
WERE EXPORTS FROM GREATEST PROPORTION OF CARGOES CROSSING THE WHARF AND IMPORTS INTO HONG KONG
BUT CHINA'S MODERNISATION PLANS HAVE CHANGED THE BALANCE.
ITSELF
HONG KONG EXPORTS HAVE
INCREASED BOTH IN TECHNOLOGICAL THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO VALUE TERMS RATHER THAN IN BULK BUT
MILLION FROM CHINA THROUGH HONG KONG HAS INCREASED FROM HK$13,036 1980 TO HK$92,491 MILLION LAST YEAR.
AND
AND
IN
PER INVOLVE
CHINA'S USE OF THE CONTAINER TERMINALS HAS INCREASED BY 27 CENT EACH YEAR AND THE RATE OF INCREASE IN CHINA'S TRADE WILL AN EARLY EXPANSION OF OUR CONTAINER PORT FACILITIES, HE SAID.
NEW MR BARNES ALSO SPOKE OF THE PLANS FOR A
AIRPORT AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH EXTENSIVE
WILL BE
HE REQUIRED.
SAID THE WORK GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO EMBARK ON A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT STUDY TO
DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH AIRPORT AND OUT THE OPTIONS FOR
PORT AS AN
ECONOMIC PROPOSITION.
HONG
ON URBAN REDEVELOPMENT, MR BARNES SAID THIS IS ANOTHER OF KONG'S MAJOR PRIORITIES THE AIM BEING TO BRING LIVING CONDITIONS NEARER OT THE STANDARD OF THAT IN THE NEW TOWNS.
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GOVERNMENT REDEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT "A MASTER
PLAN FOR THE URBAN AREAS IS BEING
BY THE PREPARED AND A LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OWNED BUT OPERATING COMMERCIALLY IS BEING CREATED TO FOSTER SCHEMES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR."
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