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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1987
HE SAW THE DECISIONS OF THE 13TH CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS AS CAUSE FOR EVEN GREATER CONFIDENCE THAT CHINA WOULD CONTINUE WITH HER MODERNISATION PROGRAMME AND OPEN POLICY TO THE REYT OF THE WORLD, WHICH IN TURN AUGURED WELL FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
MR CHEONG-LEEN ALSO SAID THAT THE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TAIWAN HAD PROVIDED EVEN GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR HONG KONG TO PERFORM THE ROLE OF A NEUTRAL BASE WHEREBY TRADE, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TIES BETWEEN THE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN COULD BE FURTHER ENHANCED.
HE FELT THIS VITAL ROLE SHOULD NOT BE LOST SIGHT OF EVEN AS THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED IN MEASURED PACE IN REPLACING EXPATRIATE ADMINISTRATORS BY HONG KONG PEOPLE IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997.
TURNING TO THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SITUATION IN MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID HE HOPED THAT ONCE THE DUST OF FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS SETTLED, OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OUT EVEN STRONGER AND MORE DURABLE THAN EVER BEFORE.
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"THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY INVESTIGATE, CLEAR UP AND RECTIFY THE SITUATION SO AS TO RETAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE AND HONG KONG'S CREDIBILITY AMONG THR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND USEFULNESS AS A MANUFACTURING AND ENTREPOT CENTRK, AND A FINANCIAL CENTRE, MR CHEONG-LEEN NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT LOSE MOMENTUM IN ITS DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO BUILD A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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"BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, THE NEW AIRPORT WHEN COMPLETED WELL BECOME CHINA'S MOST MODERN INTERNATIONAL AIR GATEWAY ΤΟ THE OUTSIDE WORLD. AS SUCH, IT WILL REPRESENT A VITAL ELEMENT IN HONG KONG'S EXPANDING ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE," HE SAID.
"OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE IS THE NEED TO EXPAND THE PORT FACILITIES SO AS TO COPE WITH THE RAPIDLY GROWING CARGO AND CONTAINER TRAFFIC FROM THE MAINLAND. THE JOINT PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STUDY WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME, THAT IS BY THE LATE SUMMER OF 1989,
"WITH OUR SUPERB HARBOUR AS ONE OF HONG KONG'S GREATER ASSETS, WE MUST AND DEFINITELY CAN PRESERVE HONG KONG'S PROMINENT ROLE AS CHINA'S NO. 1 TRANSHIPMENT CENTRE TO THE WORLD."
MR CHEONG-LEEN SPOKE HIGHLY OF THE "COURTESY CAMPAIGN" WHEN HE TURNED TO THE TOURIST INDUSTRY.
HE SAID THIS BIENNIAL CAMPAIGN WOULD NOT ONLY STRENGTHEN CIVIC. CONSCIOUSNESS AND PRIDE AMONG HONG KONG PEOPLE BUT WOULD IN THE PROCESS MAKE HONG KONG AN EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE TOURIST DESTINATION.
/HE CALLED