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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1990
PADS FACILITATES ECONOMIC GROWTH
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AIRPORT
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE NEW PROJECT AND IS BEGINNING IN EARNEST THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION STAGE, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID IN TORONTO MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 10).
ON
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS FOR PORT AND AIRPORT
SEA AND AIR HELP SECURE HONG KONG'S POSITION AS ONE OF THE MAJOR TRANSPORT HUBS IN THE REGION, TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL, MRS CHAN SAID.
SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION OF THE METRO TORONTO BOARD OF TRADE SHE SAID: "THIS, IN TURN, WILL FACILITATE GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY WHICH WILL BEST GUARANTEE OUR FUTURE.
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AND AIRPORT
WOULD
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SHE POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE PORT SUPPORTED BY NEW AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORT NETWORKS.
"WORK
NOW HAS
STARTED ON
ALL
THE
TRANSPORT
ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES HAVE EITHER COMMENCED OR PLANNED," SHE SAID.
PROJECTS. ARE BEING
INVITE
EARLY NEXT WHICH WOULD
MRS CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO MONTH INTERNATIONAL BIDS FOR THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROBABLY COMPRISE TWO BRIDGES.
BRIDGE ABOUT 1.4 THIS WOULD
"THE FIRST OF THESE WOULD BE A SUSPENSION KILOMETERS, A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. PROBABLY BE THE LONGEST SINGLE SPAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD, MRS CHAN SAID.
WOULD
ALONG
BRIEFING HER AUDIENCE ON THE ROAD LINK, MRS CHAN SAID IT COMPRISE A 12-KILOMETRE, SIX-LANE EXPRESSWAY FROM THE AIKPORT, THE NORTHERN COAST OF LANTAU ISLAND AND, BY A SERIES OF MAJOR BRIDGES, TO WESTERN KOWLOON AND ULTIMATELY TO HONG KONG ISLAND.
A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ROUTE HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED WORK ON DETAILED DESIGNS WOULD START SOON, SHE ADDED.
AND
WOULD
SHE NOTED THAT THE NEXT STAGE OF THE TRANSPORT PROJECTS BE A DETAILED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS SHOULD BE PRIVATISED AND IN WHAT FORM.
"KEEN COMPETITION FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS EXPECTED AND I
OF VIABLE TRANSPORT PROJECTS GOOD PACKAGE CONFIDENT THAT A EMERGE," MRS CHAN STRESSED.
AM
WILL
KONG'S
SHE URGED COMPANIES INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN HONG INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS TO COME UP WITH IMAGINATIVE AND COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.
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