THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1989
CS BRIEFS MR ZHOU NAN ON INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, DESCRIBED AS "VERY ENCOURAGING" HIS MEETING WITH THE CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR ZHOU NAN, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SIR DAVID BRIEFED MR ZHOU ON THE CONTAINER PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND ON TRANSPORT.
"AND WE HAD A VERY USEFUL DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS,
HE SAID.
"THERE WAS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT FROM ALL OF US ABOUT THE NEED TO DEVELOP HONG KONG'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
"
THE BRIEFING FOR THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WAS HELD AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
ALSO ATTENDING THE MEETING WERE THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN; THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT. MR MICHAEL LEUNG; THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR ROBIN SAUNDERS; THE GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, DR EDWARD PRYOR; AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR DICK CLIFT.
LATER, ACCOMPANIED BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR ZHOU HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF HONG KONG DURING A HELICOPTER TOUR OVER THE TERRITORY.
EARLIER. THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER MET INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMEN AND FINANCIERS AT A LUNCH IN CENTRAL HOSTED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS.
THIS EVENING, THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND A DINNER RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
MR ZHOU NAN SEES DEVELOPMENTS IN NT
THE CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER, MR ZHOU NAN, SPENT THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING VISITING THE NEW TERRITORIES ΤΟ LEARN ABOUT COMMUNITY AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN SHA TIN, AND THE PROGRESS AND TECHNICAL ADVANCES MADE IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR WITH A VISIT ΤΟ THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DONALD LIAO, THE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER DISTRICT OFFICE WHERE HE
BRIEFED
WAS
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR FIRST WENT TO THE SHA TIN ON THE DEVELOPMENTS OF
THE
DISTRICT.
/MR ZHOU .***