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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1993
SPEL RETURNS FROM PEARL RIVER DELTA VISIT
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EASON,
THE
SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RETURNED TO HONG KONG AFTER HIS VISIT TO GUANGZHOU, RONGQI PORT AND ZHUHAI.
IT WAS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP TO THE PEARL RIVER DELTA PART OF A CONTINUING PROGRAMME OF SIMILAR VISITS.
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"IN GUANGZHOU, I MET MR ZHUANG WANLONG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND MR SHEN DONGLIU, DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GUANGDONG LAND ADMINISTRATION BUREAU AND HAD A COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING ON THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANGDONG PROVINCE," HE SAID.
THESE INCLUDE RAILWAY, EXPRESSWAY, AIRPORT AND PORT PROJECTS, HE ADDED.
"I ALSO EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH OFFICIALS OF THE GUANGZHOU MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, MR ZHAO ZHENGQIANG, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL; MADAM LI YANHONG, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE GUANGZHOU PLANNING COMMISSION AND MR YU ZHEFU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE GUANGZHOU METRO CORPORATION.
"WE COMPARED NOTES ON TOWN PLANNING, URBAN RENEWAL AND NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AND ON INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT," MR EASON SAID.
THE DELEGATION ATTENDED A DINNER YESTERDAY EVENING HOSTED
BY
MR WU XIYUAN, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT.
THE DELEGATION LEFT GUANGZHOU FOR ZHUHAI THIS MORNING AND PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO RONGQI PORT.
MR EASON SAID IT WAS INTERESTING TO VISIT A TYPICAL PORT IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AREA AND LOOK AT THEIR RIVER TRADE OPERATIONS.
"WE COULD SEE HOW THE PROPOSED RIVER TRADE TERMINAL BEING PLANNED FOR TUEN MUN AREA 38 IS NEEDED TO SERVE THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AREA, HE SAID.
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IN THE AFTERNOON, MR EASON MET AND HAD LUNCH WITH MR CHEN HUANLI, VICE MAYOR OF ZHUHAI CITY.
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THE DELEGATION WAS ALSO BRIEFED BY MR HUANG ZHENSHAN, VICE SECRETARY-GENERAL, PEOPLE GOVERNMENT OF ZHUHAI
THE MAJOR EXPRESSWAY, RAILWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS UNDER PLANNING OR CONSTRUCTION.
"WE HAD A QUICK TOUR OF ZHUHAI TO SEE THE MAJOR ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE WERE IMPRESSED BY THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA."
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