WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1988
IF IT WENT AHEAD, THE AIRPORT
PROJECT, IN
PARTICULAR, WOULD
KONG
"ENTAIL A NEW HEAVY INVESTMENT, THE MAGNITUDE OF WHICH EVEN HONG HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE," HE SAID.
MR YAXLEY ADDED THAT IN RECENT YEARS ECONOMIC KONG WAS ALSO DRIVEN BY A NEW EXTERNAL FORCE CHINA.
GROWTH IN HONG ITS GROWING TRADE WITH
THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT TO MEET AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES HAD TO BE IMPROVED EVEN FURTHER THE CHALLENGES OFFERED BY CHINA'S OPEN DOOR POLICY, HE SAID.
WITH
RAPID GROWTH REFERRING TO PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED
MEET THE DECADES, MY YAXLEY SAID HONG KONG WAS NOW GEARED TO EXPECTATIONS OF A MORE SOPHISTICATED AND DEMANDING COMMUNITY.
TOWNS,
IN
PAST
HIGHER
MAJOR
PROJECTS INCLUDING BETTER DESIGNED NEW RECLAMATIONS, NEW TRUNK HIGHWAYS AND POSSIBLY A RAILWAY SPUR FROM TIN TO KWAI CHUNG, A NEW CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND RAILWAY LINK, AND TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL WERE ** JUST 10-YEAR PROGRAMME FOR SEWAGE BEGINNING" TO A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, HE SAID.
STRATEGY WAS PREPARED
RECENTLY, A NEW LONG-TERM HOUSING THE HONG KONG LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS SET UP TO FACILITATE COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING IN HONG KONG.
IN CONCLUSION, MR YAXLEY
SHA
A
A
AND
A
HONO
THE
ADVISED BUSINESSMEN TO VISIT KONG AND TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN ORDER NOT TO MISS
THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY
EXCITING INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WOULD EXTEND OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND.
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BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION UPGRADED
**
THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS ISSUED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND BY THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION IN HONG KONG:
"THE STATUS OF THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION IN HONG KONG IS ΤΟ BE UPGRADED. FROM SEPTEMBER 1 IT WILL BE HEADED BY A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR GRADE OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
"THE PRESENT SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR REG HOLLOWAY, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE SENIOR GRADE AND REMAINS IN CHARGE OF THE POST. HE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL IN MACAU."
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