THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988
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OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT HK
SOVEREIGNTY TO TODAY COUNCIL
AN EXPO IN 1997 WOULD DEMONSTRATE TO THE WORLD THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE NOT WORRIED BY THE TRANSFER OF HONG KONG'S CHINA, THE HON {THURSDAY).
PEGGY
LAM
IN SAID
THE
LEGISLATIVE
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE IDEA OF STAGING AN EXPO IN 1997, MRS HAS HIGH STANDING LAM SAID: "HONG KONG THOUGH SMALL GEOGRAPHICALLY INTERNATIONALLY FOR ITS SUCCESS IN COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL FIELDS.
"IT IS THE
PEOPLE HONG KONG
WHOSE
VISION,
HARD
WORK
AND
DEDICATION WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SUCCESS.
"THE TOURIST TRADE HAS BEEN BOOMING BECAUSE HONG MUCH TO OFFER TO THE VISITORS AND IT HAS BROUGHT REVENUE PRESTIGE TO HONG KONG.
KONG HAS SO
AS WELL AS
"SO FAR HONG KONG HAS NOT HELD ANY AS THE OLYMPICS OR THE EXPO.
INTERNATIONAL
EVENTS SUCH
"THE WORLD EXPO, IF HELD, WOULD BRING HONG KONG INTO OF THE WORLD."
THE
EYES
MRS LAM SAID MANY VISITORS WOULD COME IN 1997 TO SEE WHAT KONG WOULD BE LIKE WHEN SOVEREIGNTY WAS TRANSFERRED TO CHINA.
AN EVENT
A
SUCH AS IN HER VIEW, PROSPERITY TO HONG KONG; TRADE AND INDUSTRY IMAGE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE ENHANCED.
HONG
WOULD WORLD
BRING EXPO WOULD BENEFIT; AND THE
CHINA'S TOURIST TRADE WOULD ALSO BENEFIT.
THIS PROPOSAL AND SO FAR
"I HAVE BEEN GATHERING OPINION ON PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED FAVOURABLY TO THE IDEA," SHE SAID.
SHE ADMITTED THAT STAGING AN BRING
INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS
IN
EVENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUCH
A
AND
HAD
LAND
AND
GRAND SCALE WOULD INEVITABLY HOTEL ACCOMMODATION AND SO ON; AND WAS AWARE THAT THE GOVERNMENT
AND
SUCH AS PROBLEMS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE DIFFICULTIES FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD BE CREATED BY EXPO 97.
HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVED THAT MANY
OF THESE
SOLVED.
PROBLEMS
COULD
BE
"WHAT WE ARE URGING NOW IS TO REGISTER THE INTENTION FIRST IF REAL PROBLEMS DO ARISE, WE CAN ALWAYS WITHDRAW THE INTENTION.
AND
"I DO NOT WANT HONG KONG TO MISS THE CHANCE OF REGISTRATION INTENTION, SHE SAID.
OF
4.
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