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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988
ADMINISTRATION
THE
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF CONSULTANTS.
ALSO HAD RESERVATIONS PROJECT AS
BY CONCEIVED
THE
THE LOCAL
HE SAID THE CONSULTANTS ASSUMED THAT 85 PER CENT OF POPULATION WOULD PAY AN AVERAGE OF 2.5 VISITS TO EXPO PER PERSON.
ATTENDANCE FIGURE THAT HONG IN OTHER
LOCAL "THIS FIGURE IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE FOR EXPOS HELD ELSEWHERE, BUT TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THE FACT
LONGER WEEK THAN THOSE KONG PEOPLE WORK A SIGNIFICANTLY COUNTRIES, AND THAT THEIR LEISURE TIME IS CORRESPONDINGLY REDUCED.
COST OF
"THIS TOGETHER WITH AN AVERAGE PERSON CASTS DOUBT ON THE ATTENDANCE FIGURE FORWARD BY THE CONSULTANTS," HE SAID.
ENTRY OF HK$80 PER FOR LOCAL VISITORS PUT
THE SPOKESMAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE CONSULTANTS ALSO THAT NEARLY THREE MILLION VISITORS WOULD COME TO HONG KONG FROM FOR EXPO AND THAT EACH OF THEM WOULD VISIT EXPO 2.5 TIMES.
ASSUMED CHINA
"WE HAVE RESERVATIONS AS TO WHETHER THE IMMIGRATION FACILITIES 15,000 CHINESE AT THE BORDER CAN COPE WITH A DAILY AVERAGE OF AROUND
MIND THAT AT PRESENT THE VISITORS ENTERING FROM CHINA, BEARING IN
DAY FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED TO COPE WITH AN AVERAGE OF 200 VISITS PER
NUMBER REACHES ON TWO-WAY PERMITS AND ARE SEVERELY STRETCHED IF THAT 250.
VERY LARGE
NUMBERS
OF
UNCERTAIN WHETHER SUCH
"IT IS ALSO VISITORS WOULD COME TO HONG KONG FROM CHINA IN 1997.
"IF THE NUMBER OF VISITORS SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED PROJECT WOULD NOT BE VIABLE. A HEAVY FINANCIAL RUNNING INTO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WOULD FALL ON THE SAR YEAR OF ITS EXISTENCE," HE SAID.
THE
BURDEN POSSIBLY IN THE FIRST
TAK THE SPOKESMAN FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE CAPACITY OF KAI
THERE WOULD AIRPORT WOULD BE FULLY UTILISED BY THE MID-90'S AND THAT
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN ANY
ADDITIONAL
OVERSEAS VISITORS.
"THERE IS
NO
OPERATIONAL BY 1997,
POSSIBILITY HE SAID.
OF
HAVING
A NEW
AIRPORT
FULLY
IN VIEW OF
THESE
CONSTRAINTS,
HE SAID
THE
IMPORTANT
INTERNATIONAL ELEMENT OF AN EXPO MIGHT BE LOST.
"INDEED, IF A LARGE NUMBER OF REGULAR VISITORS AND
BECAUSE AN EXPO WERE PREVENTED FROM COMING TO HONG KONG HELD, THE PUBLIC RELATIONS IMPACT COULD BE QUITE NEGATIVE."
BUSINESSMEN
WAS
BEING
THIS IN .................