FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1994
TRANSCRIPT OF THE GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION
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FOLLOWING IS
THE
TRANSCRIPT
MEDIA
GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER
SECOND CONGREGATION TECHNOLOGY TODAY (FRIDAY):
OF THE
HONG
OF THE
SESSION BY THE PATTEN, AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE
KONG UNIVERSITY OF
AND
SCIENCE
то
KONG
GOVERNOR: NATURALLY, I'M PLEASED, AS I AM SURE EVERYONE IN HONG
MORNING. PEOPLE IS, BY THE SIGNING OF THE MINUTE ON THE AIRPORT THIS IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY PATIENT AS THE TALKS HAVE GONE ON AND HAVE MADE THIS ON AND ON, BUT I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS PLEASED THAT WE
DO IS TO MAKE AS IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD. AND NOW WHAT WE NEED TO
BOTH THE QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE AGREEMENTS ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
I AUTHORITY.
WOULD LIKE ON THIS MTRC AND THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT
ΤΟ TRIBUTE
WHILE THE PAY A
THOSE WHO, PARTICULAR OCCASION NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN WINDING ON, HAVE ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVE AND GOT WITH THE JOB OF BUILDING THE AIRPORT, BECAUSE WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OVERALL AGREEMENT ON THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING MEN AND IT VERY RAPIDLY. THERE ARE 11,000 PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY,
GET THIS AIRPORT AND ALL THE WOMEN WHO EVERY DAY GO TO
ALTOGETHER THEY ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT FINISHED.
KONG DOLLARS WHICH ABOUT 70 PROJECTS AT A COST OF 50 BILLION HONG
THE WORLD. THEY AMOUNTS TO THE BIGGEST CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECT IN
THE TALKING HAVE BEEN DOING A TERRIFIC JOB OVER THE LAST YEARS WHILE
ALL NOW ENSURE THAT
GET THE THEY HAS GONE ON, AND I HOPE WE CAN SUPPORT THAT THEY REQUIRE TO FINISH THE JOB AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD. IT'S NOT THE END OF THE JOURNEY, I HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE THE END OF THAT JOURNEY BEFORE TOO LONG.
WORK TO
BUT
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MR GOVERNOR
DO WE HAVE AN AIRPORT BY THE QUESTION: 1997, IF NOT WHAT IS THE KEY FACTOR ?
MID
I THINK GOVERNOR: WELL WE'LL BUILD AN AIRPORT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
ACHIEVED ALREADY. THANKS TO THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN
AND THANKS то THE THE WORK OF 11,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, FACT THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS HAVE GONE ON VOTING THE FUNDS. I THAT THINK WHEN PEOPLE SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY, THEY RECOGNISE
WE'LL FINISH THE AIRPORT AS NOBODY COULD HAVE DONE IT ANY FASTER, QUICKLY AS WE CAN, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD CUT ANY CORNERS. I AS POSSIBLE, AS EARLY AS THINK WE SHOULD GET THE JOB DONE AS WELL
THE POSSIBLE. NOBODY DOUBTS THAT HONG KONG NEEDS THIS AIRPORT, NEEDS
OF TODAY'S
IS AGREEMENT RAILWAY, AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FEATURES THAT WE CAN NOW GET ON WITH THE BUILDING OF THE RAILWAY, WHICH I THINK ALSO IMPORTANT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT IN RELATION TO THE AIRPORT, BUT IN RELATION TO EASING TRAFFIC AROUND THE CITY.
THE
AND WILL
QUESTION: THE CHINESE SIDE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT NEW NAVAL BASE
ABOUT THE TENDERING PROCEDURES, THE GOVERNMENT BE COOPERATIVE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.
/GOVERNOR: