TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1992
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD HELP THE GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR THE ALLOCATION OF LAND AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES FOR HOTEL AND TOURIST RELATED INDUSTRIES.
HE SAID ABOUT 100 HOTELS AND LARGE LAND DEVELOPING COMPANIES WERE INTERVIEWED.
RESULTS SHOWED THAT RESPONDENTS EXPECTED THAT THE NEW AIRPORT WOULD HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE FUTURE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
THE SURVEY IDENTIFIED THAT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE HIGHWAY TO GUANGZHOU IN CHINA WERE IMPORTANT FOR THE INDUSTRY, AND, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPORT AND ROAD SYSTEMS WOULD ALSO HELP THE DECENTRALISATION OF HOTELS OUT FROM THE TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS OF CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE RESULTS NOTED THAT ADMIRALTY/CENTRAL AND WAN CHAI/CAUSEWAY BAY WERE THE DISTRICTS THAT WOULD SEE MOST DEVELOPMENT AND THERE WERE SIGNS THAT HOTELS WOULD BE SITED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OTHER LESS DEVELOPED AREAS.
ON A BROADER SPECTRUM, THE RESPONDENTS WERE MOST OPTIMISTIC FOR THE INCREASING WORLDWIDE INTEREST IN TOURISM AND THE SPENDING POWER OF CONSUMERS.
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THEY WERE ALSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE CONTINUED PROSPECTS CHINA RELATED TOURISM AND ITS POSITIVE EFFECTS ON VISITORS ARRIVING IN HONG KONG.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE INFLATING COSTS IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY AND THE COMPETITIVENESS WITH OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES.
IT IS ALSO EXPECTED THAT MORE TOURISTS WOULD COME FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA WHILE VISITORS FROM THE LONG ESTABLISHED MARKETS IN THE U.S. EUROPE AND JAPAN WOULD BE FEWER.
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WALLED CITY CLEARANCE PHASE IIA COMPLETED
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PHASE IIA OF THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY CLEARANCE PROJECT HAD BEEN (TUESDAY) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, A SPOKESMAN FOR CNTA ANNOUNCED THIS EVENING.
THE OPERATION, WHICH STARTED AT ABOUT 8 AM TODAY, WAS COMPLETED AT 6.10 PM. A TOTAL OF 135 HOUSEHOLDS WERE RECOVERED.
THE HOUSEHOLDS COMPRISED 86 DOMESTIC, 34 BUSINESS AND 15
MIXED
UNITS.
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