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GOVERNOR RETURNS
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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1992
THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, TODAY (FRIDAY) RETURNED TO HONG KONG AFTER A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO CHINA.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT, LORD WILSON SAID HE WAS STRUCK BY THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLACES HE HAD VISITED, INCLUDING HUBEI AND SICHUAN.
"I WAS VERY STRUCK IN BOTH PLACES BY THE AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENORMOUS INTEREST THERE IS IN INVESTMENT FROM HONG KONG. BUILDING UP ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH HONG KONG, OF COURSE, IS SOMETHING THAT I VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE, HE SAID.
ASKED ABOUT HIS TALKS WITH CHINA ON THE NEW AIRPORT, LORD WILSON SAID THE AIRPORT PROJECT WAS SOMETHING WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE HAD TO GET AHEAD WITH.
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"WE WANT TO FULFILL OUR UNDERTAKING UNDER THE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO COMPLETE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY 1997 AND WE NEED GET ON WITH THAT."
HE SAID PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE PLAN AND WAS SOMETHING ΤΟ WHICH WE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE.
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WHILE SOME OF THE ESTIMATES HAD CHANGED, THE COST ΤΟ GOVERNMENT, THAT WAS TO THE PUBLIC, HAD REMAINED VERY CONSTANT, HE ADDED.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON THE CHINESE ATTITUDE ON DEVELOPMENT OF PARTY POLITICS IN HONG KONG, LORD WILSON SAID: "THERE IS A REALISATION THAT POLITICAL GROUPS ARE FORMING AND THAT IS PART OF THE POLITICAL REALITY HERE. I THINK EVERYBODY SIMPLY RECOGNISES THAT AS A FACT OF LIFE.
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"I AM ALWAYS PLEASED TO SEE CONTACTS BETWEEN POLITICAL LEADERS HERE AND PEOPLE IN CHINA. THAT HELPS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE ACROSS THE BOARD."
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ACP COSTS IN MONEY OF THE DAY
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TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE 10 PROJECTS IN HONG KONG'S AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME IS $163.7 BILLION IN MONEY OF THE DAY TERMS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THIS FIGURE WAS EQUIVALENT TO THE ESTIMATE OF $112.2 BILLION IN MARCH 1991 PRICES, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED TWO MONTHS AGO.
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