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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1991
REINFORCE
THE ON THE FROM
"BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THEM EXPLICIT IN ORDER TO OPERATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION AND OUR POLICY
PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTRACTABLE PERSISTENT AND
VIETNAM, HE SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
INAPPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF CHINESE POSITION ON AIRPORT: CS
(WEDNESDAY) ADMINISTRATION CHINESE POSITION
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY SAID THAT IT WOULD CLEARLY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AT THIS STAGE TO DISCUSS OR REVEAL DETAILS OF THE CONVEYED TO IT IN CONFIDENCE DURING THE TALKS.
OF "THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH SIDES THAT THE CONTENTS
THAT IT THE TALKS SHOULD BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND I DO NOT BELIEVE
то WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PROSPECTS OF REACHING AGREEMENT IF WE WERE PUBLICISE THE POSITION NOW REACHED BY EACH SIDE," HE SAID.
CHIEF
THE CHUN-HOI, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG
THE OUT THAT IN BROAD TERMS,
CHINESE GOVERNMENT SECRETARY POINTED CLEARLY SAW THE NEED FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG, BUT ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAD EXPRESSED IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A PROJECT.
CONCERN
THIS MUCH WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, SAID SIR DAVID.
1989,
AND
FOR
CHIEF
THAT POINTED OUT SECRETARY THE
SINCE OCTOBER CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PORT
UP-TO-DATE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ADDING THAT HE HAD TABLED AN
KEY PROJECTS PROGRESS REPORT
THE NEW AIRPORT AND ON MEMBERS' INFORMATION.
RELATED
AIRPORT PREPARATORY
ON THE BUILDING OF THE NEW AIRPORT, SIR DAVID SAID THE
SITE MASTER PLANNING WAS NOW WELL UNDER WAY AND ADVANCE WORK HAD COMMENCED ON CHEK LAP KOK IN FEBRUARY 1991.
SUBMISSIONS
"PREQUALIFICATION
CONTRACT ARE CURRENTLY BEING CALLED FOR.
"MEANWHILE,
DETAILED
WEST BRIDGE,
SITE FOR THE MAIN
PREPARATION
DESIGN WORK IS IN
AND
ON VARIOUS THE THE
PROGRESS
RAILWAY
AIRPORT-RELATED KEY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY,
KOWLOON RECLAMATION, AIRPORT
LANTAU CENTRAL AND WANCHAI RECLAMATION,' SAID SIR DAVID.
ONE INITIAL RECLAMATION CONTRACT HAD BEEN LET KOWLOON
AND FURTHER CONTRACTS WOULD BE RECLAMAT LON COURSE OF THE YEAR, HE ADDED.
FOR THE AWARDED
WEST IN THE
/AS REGARDS