WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1992
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QUICK COMPLETION OF NEW AIRPORT REITERATED
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REITERATED THAT HE WANTED TO SEE THE NEW AIRPORT COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER TOURING VARIOUS TRANSPORT FACILITIES, MR PATTEN SAID: "IT'S IN ALL OUR INTEREST THAT WE GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE ALL KNOW THAT IN OUR OWN PERSONAL LIVES JUST AS IN GOVERNMENT, IT DOESN'T COST LESS IF YOU TAKB LONGER TO DO THINGS.
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WOULD LIKE TO GET THE AIRPORT COMPLETED ON TIME, I REPEAT THAT IF IT GOES BEYOND THEN, IT WILL LIKELY COST MORE MONEY AND WE WON'T HAVE AS GOOD AN AIRPORT AND AS GOOD A RAILWAY AS RAPIDLY AS WE'D LIKE. 80 I WANT TO SEE IT COMPLETED AS SOON AS I POSSIBLY CAN, HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR SAID HIS DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR MA YUZHEN AT DINNER LAST NIGHT HAD BEEN CONGENIAL: "I WAS HAVING A GENERAL CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT SOME OF MY IMPRESSIONS. I WASN'T IN ANY SENSE NEGOTIATING WITH HIM NOR WAS HE HERE TO NEGOTIATE."
"HE WAS HERE BECAUSE HE HADN'T VISITED HONG KONG BEFORE. HE WAS HERE PARTLY ON HOLIDAY BUT PARTLY ALSO TO ENSURE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS RATHER MORE ABOUT HONG KONG BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS AMBASSADOR IN LONDON, HE SAID.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE VISIT TO CHINA, MR PATTEN SAID: "IN DUE COURSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT I SHOULD GO TO PEKING AND IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM PEKING SHOULD VISIT HONG KONG,"
GOVERNOR PRAISES EFFICIENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, TODAY SAID AN EFFICIENT AND COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT COMPANIES WERE NOT ONLY CRUCIAL TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
"WITH SO MANY PEOPLE EVERYDAY IN HONG KONG TRAVELLING BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO WORK OR TO SCHOOL OR TO VISIT THEIR FRIENDS, THAT'S PARTICULARLY VITAL," HE SAID.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER SEEING VARIOUS TRANSPORT FACILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT INSTITUTIONS, MR PATTEN SAID HE HAD SEEN SOME VERY BIG PROJECTS, INCLUDING RAIL SYSTEMS, TUNNELS AND ROADS WHICH HAD BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY HONG KONG IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HAD BEEN DONE ON TIME, SOMETIMES AHEAD OF TIME AND AT PRICE.
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