THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
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CALL TO REGISTER HK INTEREST WITH B.I.E.
AN EXPO IN HONG KONG SHOULD REGISTER ITS INTEREST IN STAGING
DEADLINE, THE HON PAUL 1997 WITH THE B.I.E. BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 20 CHENG SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THAT AFTER
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHENG SAID REGISTRATION, A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY SHOULD BE CONDUCTED AND CHINA'S SUPPORT SHOULD BE SOUGHT.
"AND
IF THE
OVERALL
++
COMMITMENT CAN ONLY BENEFIT HONG CENTURY, HE SAID.
VIABILITY
AS KONG
CAN BE
IT MOVES
A CONFIRMED,
THE INTO
FULL
NEXT
MR CHENG SAID HIS VIEWS WERE SHARED BY MANY OF HIS THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG.
FRIENDS IN
AND THE EVENT KONG'S FUTURE, HE
THE PRELIMINARY STUDY SUPPORTED ITS VIABILITY, WOULD PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL SYMBOLIC LINK TO HONG ADDED.
"AS SUCH WE SHOULD NOT SO READILY SAID MR CHENG.
DISMISS IT OUT OF HAND,
THE
UNDISPUTED
LAUNCH
INTERNATIONAL
HE SAID EXPO 1997 WOULD PROVIDE THE PERFECT PLATFORM TO
THE
AS NEXT CENTURY HONG KONG INTO BUSINESS CENTRE IN THE PACIFIC BASIN.
IT WOULD ALSO BRING THE WORLD'S FOCUS ON HONG KONG'S STATUS
A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, HE ADDED.
FROM
"I DO NOT FORESEE ANY DIFFICULTY IN
LOCAL BOTH FUNDING
THE
AND COMMUNITIES, AND THERE WILL BE NO NEED EQUALLY IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,
THE
TO
中中
AS
ATTRACTING THE NECESSARY
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL DIVERT FUNDS FROM OTHER MR CHENG SAID.
GOVT SHOULD REGISTER INTENTION
ITS INTENTION OF HOLDING AN THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REGISTER EXPO IN 1997 WITH THE BUREAU INTERNATIONALE DES EXPOSITIOINS, THE DAVID CHEUNG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).
HE SAID THAT TO REGISTER THE INTENTION DID NOT MEAN KONG MUST GO AHEAD.
HON
THAT HONG
THE
AND THE GOVERNMENT
FEASIBILITY
AND
IT WOULD MEAN GIVING THE HONG KONG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY
EXPLORE ΤΟ
PRACTICABILITY OF THE PROJECT.
SERIOUSLY
"NOT TO REGISTER WILL MEAN NOT EVEN GIVING THE PEOPLE
HE SAID.
KONG THIS OPPORTUNITY,
OF HONG
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