FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 26, 1993
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CONSULTATION, LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE "THROUGH
INFORMED OF THE AND SERVICES WE INTEND TO PROVIDE IN A DISTRICT AS WE WANT TO BE OPEN TRANSPARENT IN OUR MANAGEMENT PROCESS, SHE ADDED.
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SPEAKING TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE WELFARE SERVICES THE PANEL MEETING, MRS WONG RELAYED THE TOTAL CONSENSUAL SUPPORT FROM WELFARE PANEL FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S STAND.
JOSEPH YAM ATTENDS ASIAN BANKERS MEETING
CHIEF EXECUTIVE (DESIGNATE) OF THE HONG KONG AUTHORITY, MR JOSEPH YAM, IS CURRENTLY IN TOKYO ATTENDING EXECUTIVES' MEETING OF EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC CENTRAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE EXCHANGE FUND OFFICE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
MONETARY THE FIFTH BANKS, A
BANK
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HONG KONG HAS BEEN INVITED ΤΟ ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, WHICH ARE HELD HALF YEARLY AND ARE HOSTED BY THE OF JAPAN.
COMMENTING ON HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE AT THESE MEETINGS, MR YAM BE SAID HE WAS PLEASED THAT THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY, SOON TO FORMALLY ESTABLISHED, WAS BEING ACCEPTED AS A MEMBER OF THE WORLD'S CENTRAL BANKING FRATERNITY.
THIS WOULD ENABLE THE AUTHORITY TO KEEP CLOSELY IN TOUCH WITH THOSE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD RESPONSIBLE FOR MONETARY AND BANKING MATTERS, AND TO PROMOTE HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE, MR YAM SAID.
THE
MEETING IS ATTENDED BY SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF EAST-ASIA AND PACIFIC CENTRAL BANKS, INCLUDING THE PEOPLES' BANK OF CHINA'S DEPUTY GOVERNOR, MR CHEN YUAN.
CONTRACT FOR CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL
AND ASSOCIATED ROAD WORKS
THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAS ACCEPTED A $856 MILLION TENDER SUBMITTED BY DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS, PART OF THE BOUYGUES S A GROUP OF FRANCE, FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL ON THE TSING YI ISLAND SECTION OF ROUTE 3, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THIS CONTRACT IS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME'S HIGHWAYS NETWORK LINKING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND TUNG CHUNG NEW TOWN TO KOWLOON AND CENTRAL HONG KONG.
ROUTE 3 IS PLANNED AS A MAJOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY LINKING THE BORDER AND NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES WITH WEST KOWLOON VIA TSING YI.
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