WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994
J
INTO SPLIT
IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITION, CT9 WAS BERTHS FOR HIT AND MTL, AND TWO BERTHS FOR THE TSING YI CONSORTIUM.
TWO
THE 1992/93 LAND THE GRANT OF LAND FOR CT9 WAS INCLUDED IN SALES PROGRAMME, APPROVED BY THE LAND COMMISSION IN MARCH 1992.
SUBSEQUENTLY, LATER IN PROJECT ON THE BASIS THAT IT WAS THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.
THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
UP HELD
THE 1992, THE CHINESE SIDE A FRANCHISE REQUIRING CONSULTATION IN
NEGOTIATIONS WOULD CONSORTIA CONCERNED WAS MADE IN NOVEMBER 1992.
"IN
PROCEED WITH
THE
CT9, FINANCIAL
THE
THE
CONSIDERING WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE
FULL GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANIES' HAS TAKEN VIABILITY, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING CONTAINER TERMINALS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THEIR PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING AND MANAGING THE TERMINAL.
NEW
"THE CONSORTIA OF COMPANIES CHOSEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP H HE OPERATE THE FOUR BERTHS AT CT9 FULLY SATISFY THESE CRITERIA, EMPHASISED.
AND
SIR HAMISH CONTAINER BUSINESS.
SAID
THE CONSORTIA HAD
VAST
IN EXPERIENCE
THE
OPERATORS IN THE SEALAND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTAINER
HANDLING EXPERIENCE, WORLD. JARDINES ALSO HAS EXTENSIVE CONTAINER ALTHOUGH ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF CT9 WILL MAINLY TO ADMINISTRATION AND MARKETING," HE ADDED.
RELATE
THAT
SIR HAMISH SAID IT WAS NOW VITAL FOR HONG KONG'S ECONOMY THE CHINESE SIDE SHOULD CONSIDER THE PROJECT ON ITS MERITS AND ENDORSE
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. IT SO THAT WORK COULD GET UNDER WAY PROJECT WAS ALREADY ABOUT 18 MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE, HE ADDED.
THE
THE
EXCO ENDORSES SAHR RECOMMENDATIONS
* * *
DRAWN
ON
UP BY THE COMMITTEE 22 RECOMMENDATIONS
HAVE BEEN ENDORSED SCIENTIFICALLY ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION (SAHR)
AND WELFARE BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH MRS SHELLEY LAU ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE THIS FOLLOWS A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE CARRIED OUT BY
COMMUNITY ON THE OF THE VIEWS GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR TO ASSESS
THE
IN AFTER EXAMINING
PRACTICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMITTEE'S
SEVERAL OVERSEAS COUNTRIES.
OF THE
DETAILS EXPLAIN SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO RECOMMENDATIONS, MRS LAU STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON SAHR WAS VALUE-NEUTRAL AND WOULD DEFER TO COMMUNITY VIEWS.
THE
'WE WILL SEEK TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH SAHR COULD BE SAFELY PRACTISED SO THAT RIGHTS OF BOTH PARENTS AND CHILDREN BORN OF SAHR PROCEDURE PROTECTED, SHE SAID.
COULD BE
/MRS LAU