THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990
"IT DEPENDS VERY MUCH ON OTHER COMMITMENTS FOR THE MTR, HOW MUCH THEY ARE TAKING ON IN OTHER AREAS, INCLUDING OF COURSE AIRPORT, TOO," HE SAID.
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NOTING THAT THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT IN TSEUNG KWAN O WERE NOT NECESSARILY LINKED, SIR DAVID SAID: "WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE MTR DEVELOPMENT HERE IS THAT IT SHOULD BE VIABLE.
"IT CAN ONLY COME IN WHEN THE POPULATION HAS BUILT UP то A CERTAIN LEVEL. THAT'S THE KEY QUESTION WHICH HAS ΤΟ BE ANSWERED TOGETHER WITH THE MTR'S CAPACITY TO BUILD IT HERE," HE SAID.
NEW SCIENCE MUSEUM DEDICATED TO HK COMMUNITY
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THE $340 MILLION NEW HONG KONG SCIENCE MUSEUM OF THE URBAN COUNCIL WHICH OPENS NEXT APRIL WAS DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
DURING THE CEREMONY, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. UNVEILED A PLAQUE TO MARK THE OCCASION AT THE MUSEUM'S UPPER PIAZZA BEFORE MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
SPEAKING AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY, URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, MR H.M.G. FORSGATE, SAID THE HONG KONG SCIENCE MUSEUM PROJECT UNDERLINES THE COUNCIL'S ENDEAVOUR TO PROVIDE A BALANCED RANGE OF PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
"ITS 500 EXHIBITS, MASTERMINDED BY A TEAM OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS, WILL CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF AN INTEREST IN, AND A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES," MR FORSGATE SAID.
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, AND HER HUSBAND, THE HONORABLE SIR ANGUS OGILVY, TOURED THE MUSEUM AND TRIED OUT SOME OF THE EXHIBITS. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY MR AND MRS FORSGATE; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MUSEUMS SELECT COMMITTEE, DR PHILIP KWOK, AND MRS KWOK; AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JAMES SO, AND MRS so.
THE ROYAL COUPLE WERE SHOWN THE EXHIBITS IN THE COMPUTER AND ROBOTICS SECTION AND THE TRANSPORTATION AREA, INCLUDING A 1942 DC-3, "BETSY", WHICH WAS CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS' FIRST AIRCRAFT.
LATER, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA SWITCHED ON A 20-METRE HIGH "ENERGY MACHINE", THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE CONVERSION OF ENERGY IN AN INTERESTING WAY. STANDING AT THE CENTRE OF THE ATRIUM OF THE MUSEUM BUILDING, IT IS THE MOST PROMINENT EXHIBIT IN THE MUSEUM.
/THE ROYAL