THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991
GOVERNOR :
ARE AT THE MOMENT IS THAT IT'S
A VERY LONG WELL, WHERE WE PROGRAMME, AS YOU KNOW, IT GOES OVER MANY YEARS (INTERRUPTION)... JUST LET ME FINISH IF I MAY. IT'S A VERY LONG PROGRAMME AND WHERE WE ARE AT NEED TO GET PRESENT IS AT SOME PRELIMINARY STAGES OF THAT, AND WE AHEAD WITH THOSE PRELIMINARY STAGES IF THE AIRPORT IS GOING BUILT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SCALE.
TO BE
Q.:
AND
BUT WHAT SORT OF DIFFERENCES REMAIN ON THIS AIRPORT ISSUE WAS THIS QUESTION OF WHO REPRESENTS HONG KONG EVER BROUGHT UP DURING THE DISCUSSIONS?
GOVERNOR:
WHO
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS QUESTION IN STARK TERMS,
DEAL WITH REPRESENTS HONG KONG; I WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED TO HAVE TO THAT
ON
ISSUES
A
BUT
EFFECT UP IN ENOUGH
AND THAT WAS NOT AN ISSUE WHICH CAME UP. THE OUTSTANDING THE AIRPORT: LET ME PUT IT IN TERMS OF THEIR, AS I UNDERSTANDING IT,
THEIR GENERAL CONCERNS AND THAT IS NOT WHETHER HONG KONG NEEDS NEW AIRPORT; TOTAL ACCEPTANCE THAT HONG KONG NEEDS A NEW AIRPORT, CONCERNS ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE IS IT GOING TO BE AND WHAT IS THE OF THAT ON THE STATE OF THE FINANCES OF THE SAR WHEN IT'S SET 1997. NOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SORT OF CONCERN, IT'S A FAIR POINT AND IT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO DEAL AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE FOR TO EXPLAIN TO THE CHINESE SIDE HOW WE SEE THE FIGURES WORKING OUT THE FUTURE. ON OUR SIDE, OF COURSE, WE SEE, AND YOU'VE ONLY GOT TO IN KAI TAK TO SEE IT, THAT HONG KONG NEEDS A NEW AIRPORT REALLY SOON AS WE CAN GET A NEW AIRPORT BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE STRANGLING OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE SEE NEED TO GET ON WITH THE PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW AIRPORT AS SOON AS CAN, AND I HOPE I GOT THAT POINT ACROSS TOO IN PEKING.
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Q.
OF THE YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE VERY WILLING TO LISTEN TO IDEAS
THAN JUST CHINESE SIDE ON THE AIRPORT, AND THAT IS A LOT DIFFERENT
TO HAVE SAYING THAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHICH SEEMS BEEN THE PAST POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT ON PADS. SO DOES THIS SUGGEST UP THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO ALTERNATIVES ON PADS THAT IF THE CHINESE COME WITH OTHER IDEAS ON HOW TO PROCEED?
GOVERNOR:
MINDS AND IT WE'VE NEVER HAD A RIGID FIXED PICTURE IN OUR
LARGE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE SENSIBLE TO DO SO. WHEN YOU HAVE A VERY LIKE THIS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN OVERALL PICTURE AND THEN YOU WANT TO SEE WITHIN THAT OVERALL PICTURE, WHICH ARE THE BITS YOU SHOULD ADJUST,
ANY WHICH ARE THE BITS YOU SHOULD PHASE, I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE
NOT BEING POINT IN SIMPLY EXPLAINING SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND PREPARED TO LISTEN TO POINTS THAT THEY MAKE IN RETURN, THAT WOULD BE A ONE-WAY DIALOGUE.
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