THURSDAY, JUNE 21,
JUNE 21, 1990
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GOVERNOR VISITS CHEK LAP KOK AND HARBOUR HYDRAULICS LAB
(THURSDAY)
VISITED
THE
AND THE HARBOUR HYDRAULICS
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY SITE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK LABORATORY IN TUEN MUN.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK, AND THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES, DR EDWARD BRAND.
PROGRAMME SINCE
FOR THE
AT CHEK LAP KOK THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE
AND PROGRESS MADE NEW AIRPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED LAST OCTOBER.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE
PROGRESS
ACHIEVED
TO DATE.
SITE "THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CHEK LAP KOK
THEN HAVE CLEARLY OTHER DETAILED STUDIES UNDERTAKEN SINCE EXCELLENT DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF THE NEW AIRPORT. THIS GETTING THE PROGRAMME CARRIED THROUGH ON TIME," HE SAID.
THE FOR
WILL
AND THE PROVIDED
HELP IN
EXPLAINED ΤΟ SIR AIRPORT HAS BEEN
CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF DAVID HOW THE PLANNED TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST RUNWAY WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN 1997.
IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME
GOVERNOR THE
WAS
ALSO
TOLD
THAT
THE
FOR THE
HAS
PROGRAMME GEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE NORTH LANTAU AND THE SURROUNDING SEABED
INFORMATION ON THE UNFAMILIAR ENGINEERS PROVIDED
GEOLOGY OF LANTAU.
VALUABLE WITH
HYDRAULICS
THE GOVERNOR THEN INSPECTED THE HARBOUR IN TUEN MUN, AND WAS SHOWN THE PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE HARBOUR THE DETAILED DESIGN OF PROPOSED RECLAMATIONS AND BREAKWATERS.
LABORATORY USED IN
WORKS
HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE $30 MILLION CIVIL ENGINEERING
THE GOVERNMENT'S PORT TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANS.
TT
KONG, THE "WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW ERA OF DEVELOPMENT FOR HONG
IT GOVERNOR SAID. "WE MUST MAKE SURE HONG KONG HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
MANUFACTURING AND NEEDS TO REMAIN A MAJOR CENTRE FOR FINANCE, TRADE, TOURISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
"UP TO NOW WORK ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAS LARGELY BEEN CARRIED ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
PORT
WILL BE ABLE TO SER FOR THESE TO IMPLEMENTING
"THIS WILL
THAT
CHANGE. SOON WE ARE
FIRMLY
PEOPLE
COMMITTED
THEMSELVES PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY AND ON SCHEDULE."
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