TUESDAY, JULY
10
HK CONTINUES TO BUILD FOR ITS FUTURE
HOUSING AND
..ONG KONG WILL CONTINUE WITH ITS INFRASTRUCTURAL, SOCI ́L DEVELOPMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF A WELL-REGULATED BUSINESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENVI) ONMENT SO AS TO RETAIN THE CONFIDENCE
ENSURE THE TERRITORY'S KONG PEOPLE AND TO COMMUNITY AND OF HONG CONTINUED PROSPERITY AND STABILITY.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN,
TERRITORY'S LATEST SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN OUTLINING THE
TO DEVELOPMENTS
A MINISTERIAL
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC, DELEGATION FROM LUXEMBOURG.
AND POLITICAL
THE VISITORS WERE LED BY THE COUNTRY'S
PUBLIC WORKS, AND
MR
MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC
GOEBBELS,* ROBERT
AND
AFFAIRS, TRANSPORT ACCOMPANIED BY THE HONORARY CONSUL, MR JAMES KUNG.
THEY LEARNED THAT THE TERRITORY'S
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
OF DEVELOPMENT
THE ECONOMIC FOR THE FUTURE RELATED TO THE
NEW AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A AT CHEK LAP KOK.
THE ASSOCIATED SEEN AS A VOTE MR LAN TOLD THE
THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, TOGETHER WITH TRANSPORT LINKS AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES, COULD BE
HONG KONG, OF OF CONFIDENCE TOWARDS THE
VISITORS.
FUTURE
INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT,
"HOWEVER," HE ADDED, "APART FROM HONG KONG IS ALSO INVESTING HEAVILY ON ITS MANPOWER RESOURCES."
HE POINTED OUT THAT A THIRD UNIVERSITY WAS NOW BEING BUILT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1991.
AND
TO
ITS
ΤΟ
ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT, MR LAN NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD
THE GATEWAY CREDIT OF BEING THE TRADING CENTRE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, CHINA AND THE WORLD'S 11TH LARGEST TRADING ECONOMY.
WAS 1984,
H
"THE VALUE OF TOTAL OVERSEAS INVESTMENT AT THE END OF 1988 OVER US$3,000 MILLION, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE FIGURE RECORDED IN HE SAID.
IN THERE
YEAR WOULD TURNING TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, MR LAN SAID NEXT
OF DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE BE A MILESTONE IN THE
THE TERRITORY'S HISTORY, HONG KONG AS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WOULD BE DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO THE VISITORS THE ELECTION SYSTEMS FOR DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
IN CONCLUSION, MR LAN SAID THE SINO-BRITISH HAD PROVIDED THE BLUEPRINT FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
THE
JOINT DECLARATION
/"UNDER THE
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