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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989
"NO ONE SHOULD DENY
THE
BUT
'SHARE IN THEIR
IT: PUTS SECRETARY
THE SO-CALLED 'FRUITS THEY CAN BE PROPERLY
OUR LABOUR FORCE AS THE FINANCIAL FRUITS OF PROSPERITY', NEITHER SHOULD WE PERPETUATE A SITUATION THAT OF PROSPERITY' ARE ERODED BY INFLATION BEFORE ENJOYED.
OF
WERE TODAY LABOUR MANY MAY NOT REMEMBER
ΤΟ LOT
THE
ΤΟ THE IMPORTATION "MANY WHO OBJECT
MAINLAND CHINA. IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES FROM THAT HONG KONG'S SUCCESS IN THE LAST FEW DECADES OWED
MR HO SAID. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE IMMIGRANTS,
A
IMPACT AN
ON OUR DEVELOPMENTS, PORT FACILITIES, RECLAMATION,
STRATEGIC
ON
THE
HAVE TURNING TO GENERAL ISSUES THAT WOULD
MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL ECONOMY, MR HO STRESSED THAT INCLUDING A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EXPANSION OF
AND HARBOUR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND
A INTO TOGETHER INTEGRATED TO BE SKILLFULLY WOULD HAVE
CITY INTERNATIONAL AS A MAJOR PLAN TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG PACIFIC RIM FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES.
TRANSPORT
ALREADY BEFORE THE
"THE STUDIES AND GESTATIONS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS. IT IS VITAL THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE, END OF THIS YEAR, AS WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED.
AND THIS WOULD BUT ALSO
MR HO SAID.
THERE SHOULD BE EXPEDITIOUS "AFTER DECISIONS ARE MADE,
INTO REALITIES. EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PLANS DEPEND NOT ONLY ON THE ORGANISATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES; ON AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TOWNPLANNING SYSTEM,
BE
REMINDED
THAT
"ON THE QUESTION OF TOWNPLANNING, WE SHOULD
MAGNITUDE, PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG, DUE TO VARIOUS INTER-RELATED INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL OF SUCH WE HAVE IN FACT TO ENGAGE IN THE MACRO-PLANNING OF A WHOLE.
TERRITORY THE
THE
"FURTHERMORE, THIS MACRO MASTER PLAN SHOULD TAKE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG IN RELATION TO REGIONS IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA," HE CONTINUED.
AS
INTO ACCOUNT NEIGHBOURING
PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC THAT AS HONG KONG'S MR HO POINTED OUT
MORE AND MORE
THERE BORDER,
SHOULD ACTIVITIES MOVED TOWARDS THOSE OF AN ENTREPOT, AND AS
THE OF
OLDER SOME MANUFACTURING FACILITIES WERE MOVED ACROSS THE
IN LAND USE BE SOME FUNDAMENTAL RETHINKING ON INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
INSTANCE, FOR
WE
COULD CONSIDER
THE
AREAS URBAN
SYSTEMATICALLY
TO
CLEAN UP
MOVING THE
INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS AWAY FROM ENVIRONMENT, HE SUGGESTED.
MR HO ALSO CALLED FOR MORE TANGIBLE ACTION TO LIMIT THE
OF OUR CIVIL SERVICE.
"ONE OBVIOUS WAY OF LIMITING THE GROWTH OF
GROWTH
THE CIVIL SERVICE
IS THAT, WHERE POSSIBLE, LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR DO SOME OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR," HE SAID.
/IN RELATION