FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1991 .
GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR DUTY VISIT TO LONDON
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, LEFT LAST (THURSDAY) NIGHT FOR LONDON ON A REGULAR DUTY VISIT.
SIR DAVID WILL MEET THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN MAJOR; THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR DOUGLAS HURD; THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, LORD CAITHNESS AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE.
HE WILL ALSO MEET MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA IN LONDON.
SIR DAVID WOULD DISCUSS A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES WITH MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS DURING HIS VISIT.
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ON THE AIRPORT ISSUE, SAID HR WOULD GIVE HIS VIEWS AND TO THE EXTENT THAT HE PEOPLE'S VIEWS ON THE ISSUE.
THE GOVERNOR COULD, LOCAL
IS
"THERE ARE OF COURSE A DIVERSITY OF VIEWS ON THIS SUBJECT LIkk EVERYTHING, BUT 1 WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE GENERAL VIEW IN HONG KONG THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ON WITH BUILDING AN AIRPORT,' HE SAID.
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"BUT WE WANT TO KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT, CARRY THROUGH THE PROJECT IN 4 SENSIBLE WAY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY LAUNCH INTO IT, HK ADDED.
"THERE IS NO POINT IN STARTING OFF ON SOMETHING. LIKE THAT UNLESS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE THING THROUGH," SIR DAVID SAID.
POB SEES NO REASON TO INTERVENE IN MID STREAM OPERATIONS
RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE PORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS ACCEPTED A
NO "ARTIFICIAL" RESTRAINTS ITS MID STREAM OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THAT SHOULD BE PLACED ON MID STREAM CARGO HANDLING ACTIVITIES.
SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE BOARD'S CHAIRMAN, MR JOHN GRAY,
PORT CARGO THE BOARD HAD ALSO ACCEPTED THE COMMITTEE'S ASSESSMENT OF FORECASTS UP TO THE YEAR 2011.
THESE SUGGEST
THAT
TOTAL
OF VOLUMES
PORT
CARGO
COULD BE TONNES
EXPECTED TO RISE TO 218 MILLION TONNES BY 2006 AND 284 MILLION BY 2011.
/GIVEN THAT