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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1989
MR
TURNING TO THE FUTURE,
CHAN SAID HE DID NOT DOUBT THE STRONG DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE UP TO AND BEYOND 1997.
AND PRIVATE THEM WITH A PAY
AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF MAJOR NEW PUBLIC PROJECTS WERE GOING AHEAD IN HONG KONG AND MOST OF BACK DATE NOT UNTIL THE NEXT CENTURY.
THE PROJECTS, TOTALLING OVER US$1 BILLION, INCLUDED A NEW UNIVERSITY, A NEW LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, TWO NEW HOSPITALS, A MAJOR ROAD TUNNEL LINKING TWO LARGE TOWNS AND A NEW CULTURAL COMPLEX HE NOTED.
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WAS JUST AS ENCOURAGING, MR CHAN POINTED OUT, WITH PROJECTS TOTALLING OVER US$3 BILLION.
"SUCH A SCALE OF INVESTMENT IS HARD TO FIND AMONG COMPARABLE ECONOMIES ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IS REMARKABLE EVEN BY HONG KONG STANDARDS," MR CHAN EMPHASISED.
THE PREVIOUS WEEK MR CHAN HAD ADDRESSED A DINNER MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, ALUMNI ON HONG KONG'S CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF 1997.
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VR CHILDREN HELP IN FLAG DAY
TWELVE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN FROM THE SHAM SHUI PO CLOSED CENTRE THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING HELPED IN A FLAG DAY TO RAISE FUND FOR A WORLDWIDE ORGANISATION, OXFAM.
THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CHARITY ACTIVITY WAS ARRANGED
THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OXFAM.
BY
GIRL
THE 12 CHILDREN, WHO ARE AMONG THE 60-ODD BOY SCOUTS AND GUIDES IN THE SHAM SHUI PO CENTRE, SOLD FLAGS AT THE EXITS OF THE MTR STATION IN THE DISTRICT,
"IT IS HOPED THAT THE VR CHILDREN CAN SHARE THE SPIRIT OF HELPING OTHERS BY PARTICIPATING IN THE FLAG DAY," A CSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
COMMUNITY
"IN FACT, THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES TO VOLUNTARY AND WELFARE ORGANISATIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, HE NOTED.
/THE SPOKESMAN