THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991
NOW?
SIR, ARE YOU LOOKING AT SOME MORE COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMES
GOVERNOR:
Q.:
IN PORT AND AIRPORT? OR OTHER THINGS?
THE AIRPORT?
GOVERNOR:
I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE. WE ARE ALL THE TIME TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING IT. BUT...
MORE, YOU KNOW, COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMES, YOU ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMES BUT HAVE YOU LOOK..
GOVERNOR:
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I THINK I HAVE TO REPEAT THE POINT BECAUSE IT'S ABSOLUTELY SIMPLE TRUTH THAT ALL THE TIME ONE IS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING IT. IT'S NOT A QUESTION
PULLING A RABBIT OUT OF A HAT. IT'S A QUESTION OF ALWAYS LOOKING HOW SHOULD YOU BEST PHASE IT, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF DOING IT AND THAT'S WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GO ON DOING IT. AND, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO GET THIS POINT ACROSS BECAUSE WE TEND ΤΟ GET OBSESSED WITH THE AIRPORT. ONE WOULD DO THE SAME THING IF YOU WERE DOING ANOTHER BIG PROJECT, I MENTIONED THE MTR, AS YOU KNOW I'M SURE THE MTR WAS PHASED AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES, THERE WERE PROBABLY DIFFERENT PLANS OF HOW THAT SHOULD BE PHASED.
HK PLAYS VITAL INTERMEDIARY ROLE
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HONG KONG WILL PLAY A VITAL INTERMEDIARY ROLE AS THE VAST POTENTIAL OF THE CHINESE ECONOMY IS GRADUALLY REALISED, AS THE ECONOMIES OF THE ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION EXPAND, AND AS OTHER ECONOMIES IN ASIA BECOME MORE IMPORTANT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PORT AND TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE - APEX '91 BEING STAGED AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
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/HE TOLD