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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994
TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION
FOLLOWING THE
IS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE TSING MA THE RT HON MR CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, AFTER VISITING GOVERNOR, BRIDGE THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON:
GOVERNOR: GOOD AFTERNOON.
I LAST CAME TO VISIT THIS FANTASTIC PROJECT HAD JUST IN AUGUST 1992 WHEN VERY LITTLE COULD BE SEEN THOUGH WORK
YEARS COMMENCED. IT'S SPECTACULAR TO COME BACK TODAY, JUST OVER TWO
A LATER,
TO SEE HOW MUCH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN SUCH AND
VERY SHORT TO THANK TIME. AND I'D LIKE, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM FOR THE REALLY SUPERB JOB WHICH THEY'VE DONE. I THINK IT'S A REMINDER, IF WE NEEDED ONE, OF HOW MUCH WE CAN DO HERE IN HONG KONG, GIVEN THE FREEDOM TO GET ON WITH THE JOB. I THINK THIS BRIDGE WILL BE REGARDED AS A SYMBOL OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMISM. IT WILL BE AS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS THE GOLDEN GATE
PEOPLE OF BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND I THINK IT WILL REMIND JUST WHAT A SUPERB PLACE HONG KONG IS.
ARE WE
A COMMUNITY THAT
A BELIEVES IN PROGRESS. WE'RE
BRIDGE JUST COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN GETTING THINGS DONE AND THIS SHOWS
ONCE WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. So,
I AM AGAIN,
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GREAT SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT - ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING OF ALL THE AIRPORT CORE PROJECTS. I WOULD JUST ADD ONE OTHER FOOTNOTE.
WAS I
THE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO BE BRIEFED ABOUT MANAGEMENT EFFORTS WHICH
AND THE WORKFORCE ARE MAKING TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS ON THE SITE. WE ALL KNOW THAT BY AND LARGE IN HONG KONG HAVE A PRETTY DEPLORABLE RECORD ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND SAFETY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, AND I WAS THEREFORE LEARN
WE
PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO
OF INJURIES COMPLACENT BUILDING ON KEEP THE
ALL THE TEAMS HERE ARE DOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER AND THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES, THOUGH THEY ARE NOT REMOTELY ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE MANAGED TO DO SO FAR, BUT THEY ARE THE ACHIEVEMENTS THEY HAVE MADE SO FAR AND HOPING THEY CAN RECORD AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE.
JOINT
MINISTERS'
QUESTION: SO, ON THE COMING 26TH IS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SIGNATURES. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TWO FOREIGN DECLARATION MEETING CAN GIVE US SPECIAL MEANING TO THIS?
/GOVERNOR