WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992
CONSULTANTS ENGAGED IN SOME AIRPORT PROJECTS
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HAVE CONSULTANTS
DEVELOPMENT
BEEN ENGAGED ΤΟ CARRY OUT FINANCIAL
THE ON SOME PROJECTS RECOMMENDED IN
PORT THE AIRPORT STRATEGY AND NOW INCLUDED IN
AND CORE
FEASIBILITY STUDIES AIRPORT PROGRAMME.
FOR THE
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY
TREASURY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
NEW AIRPORT, MR YEUNG ADDED THAT THESE PROJECTS INCLUDED THE THE AIRPORT RAILWAY, THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING.
"THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY PROJECTS IN WHICH WE OF PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, HE SAID.
ENVISAGE A DEGREE
SAID
ON THE QUESTION OF RELEASING THE STUDY REPORTS, MR YEUNG THE FINANCIAL STUDIES CONTAINED COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
HAVE
"IN DETERMINING TO CONSIDER INFORMATION WILL GOVERNMENT OR THE
WHETHER PREJUDICE STATUTORY
WHETHER OR NOT TO PUBLISH THESE STUDIES,
THE RELEASE OF COMMERCIALLY
FINANCING TENDERS OR OFFERS OF CORPORATIONS
THE INVOLVED,
WE
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SENSITIVE
ΤΟ SECRETARY
THE
SAID.
ASSUMPTIONS
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT, IN SOME CASES, THE BASIC USED IN THE EARLIER STUDIES WERE OUT OF DATE.
CONFUSION
THAN
"WE THEREFORE CONSIDER THESE REPORTS UNSUITABLE FOR PUBLICATION THAT THEY MAY, IF RELEASED, CAUSE MORE ENLIGHTENMENT. HE SAID.
AND
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WHETHER THE
MR YEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO CONSIDERED REPORTS COULD BE RELEASED AFTER REMOVING SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
"THE FACT IS THAT, IN ALL CASES, THE SENSITIVE INFORMATION CONSTITUTE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE REPORTS,
SAID.
"WITHOUT THEM, THE REPORTS WOULD BE VIRTUALLY MEANINGLESS,
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