SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1989
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COLLECTIVE EFFORT URGED IN MEETING NEW AIRPORT GOAL
* * *
WORKS. MR KENNETH THE SECRETARY FOR
KWOK. THIS (SATURDAY) IN THE PARTIES
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO EVENING CALLED FOR ALL ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF OPENING THE NEW AIRPORT BY 1997 PORT FACILITIES FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE EXPANSION.
SPEAKING AT A DINNER
RECEPTION
AND IN PROVIDING
HOSTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF THESE PARTIES: "YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL QUARRYING, MR KWOK SAID OF CONTINUE TO BE INVALUABLE AND. KNOWING THE WAY YOU HAVE CONQUERED AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL MEET THIS I CHALLENGES BEFORE, CHALLENGE IN THE FUTURE WITH EVEN GREATER SUCCESS.'
THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THE DECISION TO BUILD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK WITH AN AIM OF HAVING THE RUNWAY OPERATIONAL BY EARLY 1997.
ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION.
THE BIG
A NEW FIRST
MR KWOK SAID THE METROPLAN THIS LANDSCAPE STRATEGY, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT EARLIER
OF QUARRIES IN YEAR, PROVIDED THE POLICY SUPPORT FOR REHABILITATION THE URBAN AREAS.
ALREADY. THE PROPOSALS FOR THE REHABILITATION
AGREED OF SHEK O QUARRY INTO A MARINA PROJECT HAD BEEN BY THE GOVERNMENT AND WELCOMED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, HE
"DETAILED
AND
DEVELOPMENT
IN PRINCIPLE SAID.
PLANS
ARE
NOW
BEING DRAWN
UP
BY
THE
QUARRY
OPERATORS. HE SAID.
IN KOWLOON, WHERE SEEN ACROSS THE HARBOUR, COURSE DUE
AT THE END OF THE BLEND IN WITH THE NATURAL
SIMILARLY. MR KWOK ADDED. AT ANDERSON ROAD PERHAPS THE LARGEST VISIBLE SCAR COULD BE THE SITE WOULD BE REHABILITATED IN QUARRYING OPERATIONS. AND LANDSCAPED TO HILLSIDE.
"THIS APPROACH TO OUR URBAN QUARRIES ACHIEVES THE OBJECTIVE
A VALUABLE SOURCE OF
MAINTAINING
QUARRYING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHILST AT THE SAME TIME ENVIRONMENT AFTER THE EXTRACTION IS COMPLETED.
FL
FOR
OF
THE MATERIALS RESTORING THE NATURAL
MR KWOK SAID.
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