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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1992
AN AGREEMENT IS BEST OPTION FOR NEW AIRPORT
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BEST OPTION IN THE NEW AIRPORT ISSUE WAS FOR HONG KONG BE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH CHINA TO GO AHEAD WITH THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AND ALL THE REST OF THE PROJECTS, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, MR PATTEN SAID: "I REPEAT SOMETHING WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS IN THEIR BONES, WHICH IS THAT THE AIRPORT AND THE PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT WILL BE COMPLETED; THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR HONG KONG; IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE WHOLE REGION.
"IF WE CAN'T REACH AGREEMENT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN HERE IN HONG KONG, BUT THAT WILL BE A SECOND-BEST OPTION. I WANT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT, HE SAID.
COMMENTING ON THURSDAY'S AIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETING, MR PATTEN SAID: "WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT CHINA WILL MAKE ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO REACH FINAL AGREEMENT, BOTH AT THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE THIS WEEK AND WHEN I GO TO PEKING NEXT WEEK, AND MAYBE IT WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER AIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETING AFTER THAT."
"BUT I HOPE WE CAN NOW REACH AN AGREEMENT OR MOVE TOWARDS REACHING AGREEMENT. MY VIEW IS THAT THAT IS VERY MUCH WHAT THE OF HONG KONG WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO, HE SAID.
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COMMENTING ON HIS PROPOSALS IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "THE PROPOSALS I PUT FORWARD LAST WEEK WERE MADE IN HONG KONG.
"THE PROPOSALS I'VE PUT FORWARD REPRESENT MY BEST JUDGMENT OF HOW THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS; SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL, AND NOTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN HAS PERSUADED ME THAT THE JUDGMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IS WRONG.
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"THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAVE MADE THIS ASTONISHINGLY SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY; THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL GO ON BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS THAT THEY'VE LAID SO WELL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. IT'S THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHO HAVE SAVED THEMSELVES AND WILL GO ON SAVING THEMSELVES AND BUILDING A BETTER AND BRIGHTER FUTURE. MR PATTEN SAID.
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