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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1990
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POSITION TO 'ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE WE ARE IN A
THE EXPRESSION OF TAKE FINAL DECISIONS ON FUNDING WE KNOW, BASED ON
ELEMENTS IN THE OVERALL INTEREST RECEIVED SO FAR, THAT MANY OF THE PROGRAMME ARE LIKELY TO PROVE ATTRACTIVE TO THE PRIVATE INVESTOR.
EXISTING CONTAINER SECTOR, WE EXPECT THAT OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE INTERESTED IN ORGANISATIONS
SAME WAY THAT THE "FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE TERMINALS HAVE BEEN FINANCED BY THE PRIVATE
AS WELL AS SOME THE NEW CONTAINER TERMINALS,
FINANCED BY ALSO BE TERMINALS, WILL PROVIDING SUCH FACILITIES.
"ALSO WITH REGARD TO
THE NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC CARGO WE BELIEVE
WORKING AREAS, SINCE THESE AREAS FULFIL A COMMERCIAL NEED,
PRIVATE SECTOR TO HAVE A THERE MAY WELL BE SCOPE FOR ALLOWING THE ROLE IN THEIR OPERATION, THAT IS WE ARE CONSIDERING PRIVATISING THEM, SHE SAID.
FIXED
MRS CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT EXPECT THE LANTAU AND WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING TO BE COMPLETELY FINANCED BY THE SECTOR.
CROSSING
PRIVATE
"WITH REGARD TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT, WHILE THE INITIAL WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, ONCE THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY
COMPLETE THE PROJECT WILL BE PLACE, MUCH OF THE FINANCE NEEDED TO RAISED THROUGH BORROWINGS.
FUNDING IS IN
+
AT
PRIVATE INVESTMENT "THERE WILL, HOWEVER, ALSO BE OPENINGS FOR
AT ALTHOUGH, AIRPORT THE
THIS
THE STAGE,
EXTENT
THESE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY DETERMINED, SHE ADDED.
OF
REGARDING THE
INFLATIONARY IMPACT
IMPACT
PADS PROJECTS
MIGHT BRING ABOUT, MRS CHAN SAID IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY QUANTIFY SUCH ECONOMIC SECTORS.
THE WHICH
סין
ON THE
THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENTS.
"MUCH DEPENDS ON OTHER PUBLIC AND
INDUSTRY AT THAT CONSTRUCTION
CAN ACHIEVE
PRIVATE
SECTOR
TIME,
AND SIGNIFICANT
ON WHETHER THE
DEMANDS
ON
PRODUCTIVITY
NOR ON OTHER
"
IS
IT IS CONCERNED,
IMPORTANT PROJECTS ARE PRIORITISED то A MINIMUM
'AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC SECTOR THAT THE VARIOUS PADS AND NON-PADS RELATED AND IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMATICALLY WITH A VIEW TO REDUCING THE STRAIN ON THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
"STEPS ALSO NEED ΤΟ BE TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE
SHE SAID. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY,
MRS CHAN ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE KEEPING WATCH OVER THE SITUATION.
PRODUCTIVITY
A
CAREFUL
/"IF NECESSARY