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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1993
OUR
JUDGMENT IS THAT AT "AND, AS I'VE SAID TO MEMBERS,
THE DETAIL OF POSSIBLE MOMENT TO START REVEALING THIS DETAIL OF THAT OPTIONS WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL TO THE TALKS,
HE ADDED.
OF
ON THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BILL, HE NOTED THAT THE MEMORANDUM
WITH THE CHINESE UNDERSTANDING SAID THAT "WE WOULD DISCUSS THE BILL SIDE, SO THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD DO."
HE SAID THE CHINESE SIDE HAD BEEN BRIEFED IN GENERAL TERMS SOME BILL YET TIME AGO BUT IT WAS TRUE THAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE DRAFT BECAUSE THE LATEST DRAFT HAD ONLY JUST BEEN PRODUCED.
GO FOR THE CHINESE
"THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH A FEW OTHER STEPS. IT HAS TO EXAMPLE то THE PAA BOARD BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH SIDE BUT OUR AIM IS TO GET ON WITH THAT IN THE RATHER NEAR FUTURE.
WE SHOULD GET TO THE BILL NEXT SESSION OF
"THE MAIN AIM WHICH I PUT TO MEMBERS WAS THAT THROUGH THESE OTHER STEPS AND BE IN A POSITION TO PUT MEMBERS, TO LEGCO EARLY IN THE NEXT SESSION. THE COURSE STARTS IN OCTOBER, HE SAID.
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BUILDING FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROSPERITY
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TODAY (THURSDAY)
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, OUTLINED AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WOULD GROW AND SUSTAIN ITS ENABLE HONG KONG TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND POSITION AS THE WORLD'S 10TH LARGEST TRADING ECONOMY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND OTHER PROGRAMME MR MACLEOD NOTED THAT THE AIRPORT CORE INFRASTURCTURE PROJECTS WOULD BRING "STAGGERING" ECONOMIC BENEFITS.
"THE AIRPORT ALONE IS ESTIMATED TO INCREASE HONG KONG'S GDP $430 BILLION BETWEEN 1997 AND 2010.
BY
"THERE WILL ALSO BE SUBSTANTIAL INCOME FOR THE GOVERNMENT
HE SAID. BOTH THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY,'
FROM
זז
ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION, HE NOTED THAT MASSIVE LAND WAS RECLAMATION WORK ON THE $9 BILLION NEW AIRPORT PLATFORM CONTRACT CLEARLY VISIBLE.
BR
THAT
FOR THE "ABOUT 100 HECTARES OF LAND HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORMED PLATFORM, AND AN AVERAGE OF 300,000 CUBIC METRES OF MATERIAL WILL MOVED DAILY DURING THE 41-MONTH SITE PRÉPARATION WORK CONTRACT
11 HE SAID. IS EQUIVALENT TO 367 EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS,
THE RECLAMATION FOR
TUNG
CHUNG EXPRESSWAY,
NEW
AND
TOWN,
THE
THERE WERE ALSO EARTHWORKS ALONG THE LINE OF THE NORTH LANTAU LANTAU FIXED CROSSING WHERE EXCELLENT PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE ON TSING MA BRIDGE, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST SUSPENSION ALSO THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, HE ADDED.
BRIDGES,
THE
AND
/"ALL THAT