THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994
6
DISCUSS MRS MIRIAM LAU:
IT WAS STATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL
DEVELOP CO-OPERATION WITH CHINESE AUTHORITIES PRACTICAL MEASURES TO
INFRASTRUCTURAL IN, INTER ALIA, THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON MAJOR
THAT. CAN PROJECTS IN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG, I BELIEVE YOU RECALL YOU TELL THIS COUNCIL MR GOVERNOR, FIRSTLY, WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY
CHINA SUCH DISCUSSIONS WITH
VIS-A-V13 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE? SECONDLY, WHAT PRACTICAL MEASURES HAVE YOU COME UP WITH TO DEVELOP CO- OPERATION WITH CHINA IN THE AREA OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AFFECTING
AS HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG? AND FINALLY, IF NO SUCH CO-OPERATION HOPED FOR IS DEVELOPED WITH CHINA, HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NORTH-WEST RAILWAY?
GOVERNOR:
THE
PRACTICAL
IS MAJOR
IN MY STATEMENT YESTERDAY I REFERRED TO SOME OF
CONTACTS DAY-BY-DAY, WEEK-BY-WEEK,
WHICH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD WITH OPPOSITE NUMBERS IN GUANGDONG AND IN PEKING, 350 AND I THINK I AM RIGHT IN SAYING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN WELL OVER
HAVE SUCH
AFFECTED OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND SOME OF THOSE CONTACTS INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING WATER, AND TRANSPORT. BUT IN MY JUDGMENT THOSE CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO WOULD NOW LIKE TO RAISE THOSE CONTACTS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LEVEL ARE ENTIRELY RIGHT TO HAVE THAT OBJECTIVE, AND
WEEKS WE'LL HAVE HOPE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
SOME I VERY MUCH
INTERESTS OF THAT HAPPENING IN A WAY WHICH IS WHOLLY IN THE EXAMPLES OF BOTH HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG AND INDEED THE WHOLE OF CHINA.
TO
SEWAGE
METALS IN MR GOVERNOR, ALTHOUGH TOXIC MR PETER WONG: HAS FALLEN QUITE DRASTICALLY, STAGE 1 OF THE SSDS WILL NOT BRING ABOUT HARBOUR UNTIL ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN NUTRIENT LEVELS IN THE
THE
OF SOME
FORM TIME WHEN WE HAVE STAGE TWO COMPLETED, EITHER IN
WHAT OR BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT. OUTFALL
PROGRESS HAS OCEANIC
THE
IN GOVERNMENT MADE
THE JLG OR ITS EXPERT GROUPS
TO A IN COMING SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS NECESSARY BIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE?
GOVERNOR:
THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL KNOW, NOT LEAST PRESSED BECAUSE HE
REVIEWING IN US ON THE POINT, THAT WE ARE
AN ENTIRELY OPEN-MINDED WAY EXACTLY HOW STAGE TWO SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT. OUR ORIGINAL НОРЕ WAS THAT WE COULD HAVE AGREEMENT ON A LONG SEA OUTFALL, OTHERS INCLUDING I THINK THE HONOURABLE MEMBER AND SOME OF AND THAT HIS PANEL HAVE ARGUED THAT THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST OPTION, IT MAY BE THAT OTHER WORK SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT ON STONECUTTERS ISLAND TO DEAL WITH THE
THERE IS A SERIOUS SECOND STAGE. I THINK THAT ENVIRONMENTAL ARGUMENT ON THAT ON WHICH I FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A IN PARTISAN VIEW. I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DECIDED
AND WE'VE CONSULTATION ENTIRELY ON GROUNDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
THAT STARTED DISCUSSING IN THE JLG THE SEWAGE STRATEGY, AND I AM SURE
FULL INTEREST OFFICIALS WILL WANT TO TAKE A VERY
IN THE CHINESE RESOLUTION OF THE STAGE TWO ISSUES. I DON'T THINK IT IS UNFAIR TO THAT STAGE ONE IS DISCREET, ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEASURES THAT
COSTING TAKING,
I THINK ABOUT THREE BILLION TO IMPROVE AROUND HONG KONG. THAT'S THREE BILLION ON TOP OF THE TREATMENT BILLION BEING SPENT ON THE HIGH PRIORITY FIRST STAGE. I THINK THOSE TO MATTERS ARE DISCREET, BUT THE HONOURABLE MEMBER IS ENTIRELY RIGHT SAY THAT STAGE ONE IS ONLY STAGE ONE, AND THAT THE STAGE TWO ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.
DECISIONS
SAY
WE'RE SEWAGE
EIGHT
ABOUT
/DR HUANG CHEN-YA: