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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1992
COMMITTEE IS RIGHT PLACE TO DISCUSS AIRPORT: GOVERNOR
THE RIGHT WAY TO DISCUSS MATTERS CONCERNING THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT IS IN THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE AND IT WILL BE A VERY SENSIBLE IDEA FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MEET SOON, THE GOVERNOR, THE ᎡᎢ HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A VISIT TO SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT, MR PATTEN SAID HE WAS SURE THAT ISSUES CONCERNING FINANCING AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY WOULD BE SOLVED ON THEIR MERITS.
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"I'M SURE THAT THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE USEFUL PROGRESS WHENEVER IT MEETS,
" HE SAID.
*WE HAVE, ALL OF US, IN HONG KONG AND IN CHINA AN INTEREST IN RESOLVING THESE MATTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL SINCERELY COMMITTED TO THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS ΤΟ THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED," HE ADDED.
ASKED WHAT HE WOULD BE DISCUSSING WITH MR ALASTAIR GOODLAD, FCO MINISTER WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT A RANGE OF ISSUES AFFECTING THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND THE REGION, FROM TRADE TO THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.
COMMENTING ON CONCERNS EXPRESSED TO HIM ABOUT THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT IN SHAM SHUI PO, MR PATTEN SAID: "I THINK THAT IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENSURE LAW AND ORDER THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY ORDINARY DECENT FAMILIES WHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE AFFECTED BY EITHER PROSTITUTION OR THE SALE OF PORNOGRAPHY ON STREETS AND IN SHOPS WHICH YOUNG CHILDREN GO INTO.'
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I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE FORCES OF LAW AND ORDER: WITH THE POLICE AND WITH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ΤΟ TACKLE PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERN TO DECENT SAID.
FAMILIES," HE
CHUEN,
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THE GOVERNOR TOURED MEI FOO SUN ONE OF THE TERRITORY'S EARLIEST AND LARGEST PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES, AND MET A FAMILY THERE.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ADJACENT TO THE ESTATE, INCLUDING THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, CONTAINER TERMINAL 8 AND ROUTE 3.
MR PATTEN THEN PROCEEDED TO NAM CHEONG STREET AND WALKED THROUGH A SECTION OF PEI HO STREET TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CREATED BY HAWKERS AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE
AREA.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE SITUATION WOULD IMPROVE SOON WHEN SOME THE HAWKERS WOULD BE MOVED TO NEARBY TEMPORARY MARKETS IN OCTOBER.
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