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MR HO SAID THAT AS THE PROJECT WOULD BE GIANT-SIZED INVOLVING THE SITE MANY ASPECTS, ANY STUDY ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL REQUIREMENTS OF WOULD HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THERE AS WELL AS THE IMPACT THE FAIR WOULD
SPECIAL HAVE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF HONG KONG.
HE SAID THE PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY HAD MERELY PROVIDED
INFORMATION, PRELIMINARY
AND THAT THE FINDINGS
FURTHER REQUIRED
EXAMINATION AND DISCUSSION.
ᎢᏅ REGISTER AN INTEREST IN WITH A FULL
GOVERNMENT MR HO CALLED ON THE STAGING AN EXPO IN HONG KONG IN 1997, BEFORE PROCEEDING FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ARRIVE AT AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSAL.
BE HE SAID THAT THE FINAL DECISION,
IT FOR OR AGAINST THE LESSON THAT MIGHT BE PROPOSAL, WAS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE
LEARNT FROM PROMOTING THE SPIRIT OF CONSULTATION IN THE PROCESS.
"IT WILL HAVE POSITIVE EFFECTS IN BRINGING ABOUT GREATER CONCERN FOR THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG, WHICH OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE TERRITORY," HE SAID.
WILL
BE
GREAT EVENT REQUIRES COMMUNITY EFFORT
A WORLD EXPOSITION SIGNIFIES A STRONG
OF A COMMITMENT AN EVENT THAT COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER, FOR IT IS
WOULD REQUIRE THE COMMUNITY,
HON EDWARD HO SAID DEDICATED EFFORTS BY THE WHOLE TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING
OF HOLDING AN EXPO IN HONG KONG IN 1997.
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HO SUPPORTED THE
IDEA
TO HAVING AN
HE SUGGESTED THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN EXPO WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY A CORPORATION FUNDED AND MANAGED BY MAINLY PRIVATE BUSINESS RESOURCES.
OF
HE SAID A WORLD EXPO WAS A GREAT EVENT. IT WAS A GATHERING
OF GREAT MONUMENTS
ARCHITECTURE AND NATIONS, PEOPLES AND CULTURES,
ΤΟ THE PUBLIC ENGINEERING, GREAT INVENTIONS AND IDEAS WERE UNVEILED IN WORLD EXPOSITIONS.
"IT IS NOT, AS ONE SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WAS HAVE SAID, A CARNIVAL TYPE OF EXHIBITION," MR HO SAID.
REPORTED TO
/HE ADDED
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