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Answer:
Mr President,
The New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office (NAPCO) has organised 10 exhibitions between August 1994 and March 1995 in different districts throughout Hong Kong. The aim of these district exhibitions is to keep the public informed of the 10 projects in the Airport Core Programme (ACP), including the new airport at Chek Lap Kok and its associated transport systems, and the steady progress that has been made on the works. The exhibitions feature descriptive texts on the ACP projects and their progress, photographic displays of the project sites, models and video films. An indication of the percentage completion of each of the 10 projects is included in the text and these figures are updated from time to time.
The exhibitions have been held about monthly in prominent and convenient venues which attract high pedestrian flow. These include Lok Fu Centre, Pacific Place, Tsuen Wan Plaza, City Plaza, Tuen Mun Plaza, Times Square, Shatin New Town Plaza, Telford Garden, Landmark and Ocean Terminal. The 10 exhibitions held so far have attracted a total estimate of 163,000 visitors. The final exhibition of this series will be held at the Shun Tak Centre from 24 to 26 March 1995.
There is no immediate plan to repeat this series of district exhibitions for the time being. Instead, we are planning to establish an ACP viewing and exhibition centre for the public this year. Other formats of local exhibitions are also being considered.
Apart from exhibitions, NAPCO uses a number of other channels to disseminate information on the ACP to the public. These include the bi-monthly publication of a newsletter and progress fact sheet to keep the public abreast of key developments and progress on the ACP. A total of 45,000 copies are published and distributed to about 2,500 individuals and companies both locally and overseas by direct mailing and to the public through district offices and the Municipal Councils etc. In addition, NAPCO regularly issues press releases and photographs to highlight achievements of major milestones on the ACP and these are widely covered in the
press.