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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989
BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR COUNCIL WHICH
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SUMMARY DELIVERED DAVID WILSON, ON HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE
ON RADIO AND TELEVISION THIS WAS TAPED FOR BROADCAST EVENING:
THE LEGISLATIVE
(WEDNESDAY)
I
COUNCIL THIS WHEN I SPOKE TO
AFTERNOON, INTO THE NEXT ANNOUNCED THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR TAKING HONG KONG
ON THE MOST CENTURY. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE WE HAVE EVER UNDERTAKEN. BY THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN THIS YEAR WE HAVE ALL BEEN BADLY AFFECTED PEKING, BUT I AM NOT HERE GOING TO DWELL ON THE PAST. WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO DO IS TO LOOK AHEAD AND TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON HOW BEST WE GOING TO BUILD PROSPEROUS.
A
FUTURE
FOR OUR
COMMUNITY
IS WHICH
ARE
SECURE AND
WILL BE
THE BIGGEST SINGLE PROJECT WE ARE GOING TO UNDERTAKE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE HAVE NOW DECIDED THAT IT IS GOING
KOK. LAP
ΚΑΙ ΤΑΚ CHEK
ALREADY
IS TO BE BUILT AT
FAST BECOMING WILL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. OVERCROWDED. THE NEW AIRPORT, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE OVER THREE TIMES AS MANY PASSENGERS AS KAI TAK, AND THE FIRST PLANES SHOULD BE LANDING THERE BY EARLY 1997. THE SECOND HARBOUR, ALSO ON THE MAJOR PROJECT AMOUNTS TO BUILDING A BRAND NEW
AMOUNT OF CARGO THROUGH THE TERRITORY. THE
THE WESTERN SIDE OF
THE PAST FIVE YEARS. EXISTING PORT HAS ALMOST DOUBLED OVER ANY OF
RATE WE WILL HAVE TO AND SO TO COPE WITH CONTINUED GROWTH AT THAT
AND GREATLY EXPAND THE PORT'S BUILD BIG NEW CONTAINER FACILITIES OVERALL CAPACITY.
OF
WE WILL NEED TO SERVICE THESE NEW SEA AND AIRPORT FACILITIES
LANTAU BY TO BUILD A MAJOR TRANSPORT NETWORK, ROAD AND RAIL LINKS TO
CROSSING AS NEW HARBOUR
AS WELL BRIDGES AND TUNNELS, AND A THIRD
ALL THESE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUPPORT FACILITIES. THE COST
OVER THE NEXT 16 YEARS, PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE VERY HIGH INDEED:
AND ANOTHER $50 BILLION ON NEW SOME $35 BILLION ON THE AIRPORT HARBOUR FACILITIES. TOGETHER WITH THE TRANSPORT AND OTHER FACILITIES,
I AM THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF SOME $127 BILLION BY THE YEAR 2006. BUT
IT ESSENTIAL THAT WE SHOULD QUITE CLEAR THAT OUR FUTURE GROWTH MAKES
AWAY. I AM ALSO SURE THAT PROVIDED START THESE PROJECTS STRAIGHT
GENERATE THE SORT WE MANAGE OUR FINANCES CAREFULLY, THE ECONOMY CAN OF MONEY NEEDED TO PAY FOR THEM.
INVESTING WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A SUM WHICH IS EQUAL TO
OF THE COMMUNITY, OVER THE ABOUT $1,500 EACH YEAR FOR EACH MEMBER
THAT IS NOW
LARGE A
SUM BUT IT NEXT 16 YEARS.
IS AFFORDABLE, AS MANY PROJECTS AS ESPECIALLY IF WE INVOLVE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN POSSIBLE.
TERRITORY
OF OF
THESE HUGE SCHEMES WILL OF COURSE CHANGE THE ENTIRE PATTERN PARTS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TERRITORY. LARGE AREAS OF LANTAU AND THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
ARE GOING TO BECOME ATTRACTIVE ABLE TO BREAK AWAY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL LOCATIONS. WE WILL BE
BUILT UP AREAS WHERE SO MANY FROM THE CONGESTION OF THE EXISTING OF THE COMMUNITY NOW LIVE AND WORK.
/BUT WE