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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
"AN EXPO, THE CONSULTANTS SAID, MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF AROUND 28 MILLION VISITS TO MAKE IT VIABLE.
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"MEETING THIS TARGET IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE JT 18 NOT JUST A QUESTION OF FINANCIAL VIABILITY; IT IS ALSO A QUESTION OF WHETHER NOT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS WOULD FIND THE EXPO ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH COME AND MOUNT AN EXHIBITION," MR TSAO SAID.
TO
HE SAID WHILE HE AGREED THAT THE DESIRED ATTENDANCE LEVEL MUST BE ATTAINED, HIE WAS YET TO BE CONVINCED THAT THE CONSULTANTS OPTIMISM WAS NOT MISPLACED.
"THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCLUSION TO
BE DRAWN FROM THE CONSULTANTS' REPORT IS THAT FAILURE TO ATTRACT THE LARGE NUMBER OF VISITS FORECAST BY THEM WILL MEAN FAILURE OF THE EXPO," HE ADDED.
COSTS AND SACRIFICES TO DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXPO 1997 IN ANY OF THE THREE SITES SUGGESTED WOULD INVOLVE COSTS AND PROPOSED IN THE CONSULTANTS' REPORT, WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD (THURSDAY).
SACRIFICES WELL BEYOND THOSE THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY
AN EXPO IN 1997, MR THE GOVERNMENT'S ITS PLANNED
IN SUPPORTING THE MOTION ON CONSIDERING BARNES SAID ALL THE SUGGESTED SITES WERE PART OF RECLAMATION PLANS IN THE 1990'S WHICH FORMED PART OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
EXPO WOULD
"BUT IN EACH CASE, THE USE OF THE LAND FOR AN ENTAIL A MAJOR RESTRUCTURING OF THE PRESENTLY ENVISAGED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AT CONSIDERABLE COST TO THE COMMUNITY, AS THE PRESENT SCHEDULE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT PROVIDE THE SERVICED LAND NEEDED IN ANY OF THE RECLAMATIONS IN TIME," HE SAID.
THE THREE SITES SUGGESTED WERE THE CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI RECLAMATION; THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION; AND THE JUNK BAY PHASE TWO RECLAMATION.
"IN CENTRAL, THE MAIN STRATEGIC NEEDS FOR THE RECLAMATION ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EAST-WEST TRUNK ROAD LINK OVER, UNDER OR THROUGH THE RECLAMATION, AND THE PROVISION OF SITES IN CENTRAL FOR OFFICES.
"MOST OF