THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
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NO CONFLICT BETWEEN AIRPORT PLANS IN HK AND MACAU: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT HE SEES NO CONFLICT AT ALL BETWEEN THE AIRPORT PLAN IN MACAU AND THE PLAN IN HONG KONG FOR DEVELOPING A NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS WHEN SEEING OFF THE MACAU GOVERNOR, GENERAL ROCHA VIEIRA AT THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL, SIR DAVID SAID : THINK BOTH TERRITORIES NEED THEIR OWN AIRPORTS,
"WE WILL BB TRAFFIC CONTROL AS AUTHORITIES BECAUSE ADDED.
TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT MATTERS LIKE AIR INDEED WE WILL BE TALKING TO THE CHINESE WE WILL HAVE THREE AIRPORTS IN THIS AREA,
"THAT IS NO REAL PROBLEM, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT YOU ORDINATION AT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL."
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SAID HE COULD SEE ADVANTAGES IN AN AIRPORT BEING DEVELOPED IN MACAU AND INDEED ONE AT SHENZHEN.
"OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS OUR AIRPORT HERE AT KAI TAK IS GOING TO BECOME VERY CROWDED AND IF SOME OF THE PRESSURE CAN BE TAKEN OFF BY THE NEW AIRPORTS AT MACAU AND THE NEW ONE WHICH IS ALREADY THERE AT HUANGTIEN, THE SHENZHEN AIRPORT, I THINK THAT IS HELPFUL FOR HONG KONG IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HE ADDED.
ON HIS MEETING WITH THE MACAU GOVERNOR THIS MORNING, SIR DAVID SAID THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE DEALT WITH IN COMMON.
"WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLANS THAT BOTH TERRITORIES HAVE FOR DEVELOPING THEIR OWN AIRPORTS AND I LISTENED WITH GREAT INTEREST ΤΟ THE PLANS THAT MACAU HAS FOR THEIR AIRPORT, AND CONFIRMED ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR THAT I CAN SEE NO CONFLICT AT ALL BETWEEN THE PLANS THAT MACAU HAS AND THE ONES THAT WE HERE HAVE IN HONG KONG FOR DEVELOPING A NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, HE ADDED.
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"I SAID TO HIM THEN THAT WE WERE LONG-STANDING NEIGHBOURS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PEARL RIVER. WE ARE BOTH AT THE CENTRE OF AN AREA VERY EXCITING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN CHINA, SO WE HAVE VERY COMMON INTERESTS AND WE DEAL WITH MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES.
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"SO IT WAS A FRIENDLY DISCUSSION AND A VERY USEFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US BOTH TO EXCHANGE VIEWS FROM OUR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON SIDE OF THE PEARL RIVER."
HAD ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM GENERAL
SIR DAVID SAID HE ROCHA VIEIRA TO VISIT MACAU.
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