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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991
IT PRACTICAL TO COMPLETE THE
WHOLE
AIRPORT BEFORE
PROJECT 1997 AS
SIR, IS BEFORE 1997 AND TO COMPLETE THE REPAYMENT OF MONEY WELL, AND WILL THAT BE AN IDEAL MEASURES TO AVOID ALL THOSE ARGUEMENTS FROM CHINA ON WHO REPRESENTS THE HONG KONG PEOPLE BEFORE 1997?
GOVERNOR:
AND AFTER
IF
THE MAXIMUM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE AIRPORT, MEANING
JUST
HAVE AIRPORT, I
SAID AT SOME STAGE YOU NEED TO
TWO COMPLETE RUNWAYS AND YOU WOULD NEED EVERYTHING IN PLACE; THEN TO FINISH THE WHOLE OF THAT BEFORE 1997 WAS NEVER SOMETHING WHICH WAS ON THE CARDS. 1997 THE INTENTION WAS TO TRY TO GET THE FIRST RUNWAY IN PLACE DURING BUT A LARGE PROJECT TO THAT SORT, TWO RUNWAYS AND EVERYTHING CONNECTED BY 1997. WITH IT, THAT COULDN'T AND NEVER COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED
IT, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, OF COURSE, PROVIDING WE CAN GET ON WITH THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE CAN COMPLETE BY 1997.
Q.:
SIR, YOU SAID IN BEIJING THAT YOU WILL ADJUST THE PHASES OF THE NOT ASKED BY THE AIRPORT, BUT YOU TOLD THIS GENTLEMAN THAT IT'S CHINESE OFFICIAL, WHY DO YOU ADJUST THE PHASES OF THE AIRPORT?
GOVERNOR:
Q.
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT MR ELLIOTT SAID.
OF THE PHASES? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT...
GOVERNOR:
DIDN'T SAY I'M GOING HAVE TO GIVE YOU TWO, TWO NEGATIVES. I
WHAT I DID SAY JUST NOW WAS THAT NOBODY HAVE EVER ASKED ABOUT PHASING.
ΤΟ WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING OURSELVES AT THE QUESTION OF HOW BEST PHASE DIFFERENT COMPONENT PARTS OF THE AIRPORT, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT COMPONENT PARTS, RAILWAYS, ROADS, RUNWAYS AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING AT HOW SHOULD WE BEST SHOULD WE DO IT MOST COST-EFFECTIVELY.
PHASE
ON, AND THOSE,
HOW
Q
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YOU MEAN THAT ALL THE ADJUSTMENT IS TO DEPEND ON THE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, IT'S NOT THE CHINESE PART?
GOVERNOR:
DECISION
THE WHICH WE
WHAT I SAID WAS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW TO PHASE PROGRAMME, HOW WE CAN BEST PHASE IT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WILL GO ON DOING.
/Q.:
SIR, ARE