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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988
OFFER "WE FULLY EXPECT THAT THESE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WILL
MORE COMFORTABLE STANDARD OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AN IMPROVED AND SERVICE THAT WILL COMPARE FAVOURABLY WITH BUSY INTERNATIONAL ELSEWHERE," SHE NOTED.
THAT IN
AIRPORTS
THE MEANTIME IMPROVEMENTS TO AS ACCESS ΤΟ THE
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT AIRCRAFT PARKING AND CARGO HANDLING AREAS AS WELL PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING WERE PROCEEDING.
TO
"THE CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT WILL TURN ITS ATTENTION NEXT
FACILITIES OF EXISTING
AS WELL AS LONGER REFURBISHMENT
TERM FOR AIRCRAFT PASSENGER IMPROVEMENTS TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCOMMODATION AND CARGO HANDLING," SHE SAID.
OF OVER
AND
SHE
A
1992-1993 AMOUNTED ΤΟ PROJECTS COMMITTED BETWEEN NOW VALUE
THE TOTAL
ADDING THAT $550 MILLION,
SAID, OF IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY GOVERNMENT WS EXAMINING THE PACKAGE
A TOTAL COST OF THE CONSULTANTS TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF KAI TAK, AT ABOUT $2.4 BILLION.
THE MRS CHAN ALSO MENTIONED THAT HOTEL SERVICES CONTRIBUTED TO
THOSE MAKING ABILITY OF HONG KONG TO ATTRACT FIRST TIME VISITORS AND A RETURN TRIP.
"IN MANY WAYS, HONG KONG HAS BECOME A GREAT METROPOLIS THE WORLD COMMUNITY IS BECOMING MORE MOBILE AND MORE TRAVELLERS ARE FINDING THEIR WAY TO HONG KONG," SHE SAID.
EAST.
IN THE
HONG KONG'S HOTELS RANKED AMONGST THE FINEST IN THE INVESTMENT IN THE HOTEL SECTOR HAD REMAINED STRONG YEARS.
OF THE AND MORE
WORLD AND PAST FEW
"TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT
DEMOLITIONS,
THE NUMBER
OF
HOTELS OF JUNE 1988. INCREASED FROM 51 AT THE END OF 1985 TO 58 AT THE END
BUSINESS LATER THIS YEAR, SHE 9IX NEW HOTELS ARE DUE TO COMMENCE
SAID.
ROOMS HOTEL "THE SUPPLY OF
It
WILL INCREASE FROM JUST UNDER
2 000 ROOMS IN 1988 TO OVER 36,000 IN 1992," SHE SAID.
ROOMS WAS VERY WHILE THE SUPPLY OF HOTEL
SATISFACTORY, MRS OVER HONG KONG'S CHAN NOTED THAT THERE WAS GENERAL CONCERN
ABILITY PRESENT TIGHT LABOUR TO STAFF THE VARIOUS FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION.
SHE LABOUR,
SAID THE GOVERNMENT, WAS MAKING A ΤΟ ENCOURAGE GREATER
TO ENSURE A STEADY SUPPLY OF SKILLED HOTEL INDUSTRY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CONCERTED EFFORT TO TRAIN AND RETAIN STAFF AND PRODUCTIVITY.
SCHEME LAUNCHED IN
UNDER THE REGISTERED HOTEL CAREER TRAINEE
THIS YEAR, OCTOBER
ABOUT 300 TRAINEES WERE ALREADY UNDERGOING TRAINING IN SOME 30 MEMBER HOTELS OF THE HONG KONG HOTELS ASSOCIATION.
/MEANWHILE, THE
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