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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1992
LORD WILSON SAID THE DIALOGUE WHICH COULD
ASKED TO COMMENT ON RECENT ARMED ROBBERIES, EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO TRY TO BUILD UP AND STRENGTHEN WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES BECAUSE THIS WAS A PROBLEM ONLY PROPERLY TACKLED TOGETHER.
"WE'VE
GOT TO WORK ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO THEN MAKE SURE THAT CO-OPERATION IS MAINTAINED; THAT WE HAVE A SUDDEN SPURT OF ACTIVITY TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM EVERYBODY RELAX.
SIDES AND DON'T JUST AND THEN
BOTH
"WE'VE GOT CONSISTENT EFFORT TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM ON SIDES. I THINK WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUT WE'VE STILL GOT QUITE A LONG WAY TO GO YET," LORD WILSON SAID.
NO DELAY TO CHEK LAP KOK PROJECT : CS
*
KOK
THE
GOVERNMENT
PROJECT TO
SIR DAVID
LAP WILL NOT ALLOW THE CHEK CAUSE ANY DELAY AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE RECLAMATION CONTRACT COMES AS CLOSE TO THE BUDGET AS POSSIBLE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SITE
EXTENDING
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AT CHEK
"WE ARE LAP KOK, SIR DAVID SAID: WAYS OF ALTERNATIVE
MAKING
COME SURE IT DOES
WITHIN TIME AND BY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES BUT NONE OF THAT WILL AFFECT THE COMPLETION DATE.
THE
LOOKING
NOW AT BY BUDGET
OF FILL.
"WE ARE QUITE CONVINCED THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENT AND KEEP IT WITHIN THE TIME SCALE THAT WE ENVISAGE FOR THE PROJECT."
STILL
ASKED ABOUT PUBLIC CRITICISM THAT BRITISH COMPANIES FAVOURED WHEN GOVERNMENT AWARDED CONTRACTS, SIR DAVID SAID: "WE HEARD THAT CRITICISM, BUT WE DO NOT ACCEPT IT.
HAD
BEEN
HAVE
"WE HAVE A VERY STRONG TRADITION IN HONG KONG OF MAKING JUDGEMENTS
THE TO
INTEREST OF THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, FAVOURING ANY PARTICULAR COUNTRY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO JUST
THE
AND
NOT THAT.
"THE
BEST, PRICE. ACCOUNT.
PEOPLE WHO WILL WIN CONTRACTS WILL BE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN PRODUCE THE BEST WORK IN THE BEST TIME AND AT THE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS NOT A FACTOR THE
WHO DO BEST
THAT
WE
TAKE
INTO
"IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO IN HONG KONG AND IT WILL NOT BE SO IN THE FUTURE EITHER.
ON THE TSING MA BRIDGE, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE AWARDED IN MAY AND IT WAS IN STAGE OF CONSIDERATION.
INTENDED THE FINAL
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