THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991
NEW AIRPORT GREATLY BENEFITS THE NEW TERRITORIES
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK REPRESENTS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AS THE PROJECT TAKES THE TERRITORY BEYOND 1997 WELL INTO THE 213T CENTURY AND PAVES THE WAY FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
HONG KONG WOULD HAVE A BIGGER, BETTER AND MORE MODERN AIRPORT BEFITTING ITS STATUS AS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CITY AND COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CENTRE.
THIS WAS
STATED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT LAM, AT A DINNER TALK НЕ DELIVERED TO THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.
FOCUSSING ON THE BENEFITS THAT THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT AND TH". RELATED DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BRING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE POINTED OUT THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE PLENTY OF NEW JOBS AND WOULD OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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FOR LANTAU ISLAND WHERE THE AIRPORT WOULD BE BUILT, MR LAM NOTED THAT THE NEW AIRPORT WITH SOME LARGE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING, THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY AND AN AIRPORT RAILWAY LINKING LANTAU WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES MAINLAND, WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE ISLAND TO BE MORE FULLY REALISED.
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HE ADDED THAT THE TWO NEW TOWNS BEING PLANNED ON LANTAU CHUNG AND TAI HO - WOULD UPON FULL DEVELOPMENT HOUSE 260,000 PEOPLE.
HE ALSO ESTIMATED THAT PLANS FOR DEEP WATERFRONT INDUSTRY AND CONTAINER TERMINALS NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN END OF LANTAU, TOGETHER WITH THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE TWO NEW TOWNS, WOULD PROVIDE SOME 120,000 JOBS BY THE YEAR 2011.
AS TO THE BENEFITS TO THE WEST COAST OF THE NEW TERRITORIES MAINLAND, MR LAM SAID THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY WOULD LINK UP LANTAU ISLAND WITH TSUEN WAN, KWAI TSING TUEN MUN, AND THROUGH ROUTE 3, WITH YUEN LONG.
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ROUTE 3, WHEN COMPLETED, WOULD RUN FROM LOK MA CHAU ON THE NORTH TO SAI YING PUN ON THE SOUTH VIA THE THIRD CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL, AND WOULD BE A STRATEGIC LINK BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG.
"BEING SITUATED AT THE CROSSROADS OF THESE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, TSUEN WAN AND KWAI TSING'S POSITION IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG WILL BE FURTHER ENHANCED, MR LAM SAID.
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