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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1986

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MR TAM ALSO SAID THAT KAI TAK AIRPORT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE EVER-GROWING DEMANDS IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS' TIME.

+I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE PROBLEM OF CONSTRUCTING A SECOND AIRPORT, HE SAID.

+THIS IS BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE TO TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION WHEN THE AIRPORT BECOMES OVER-BURDENED,+ HE SAID,

ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, MR TAM MADE FOUR OBSERVATIONS.

HE SAID: IN POLITICAL REFORMS WE MUST FIRST CONSIDER WHETHER IT IS IN LINE WITH THE PART ON THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE BASIC LAW.

+SECOND, POLITICAL REFORMS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED PROGRESSIVELY SO THAT THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF THE SOCIETY WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.

+THIRD, THE MERITS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM SHOULD BE RETAINED.

+FOURTH, DEMOCRACY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE HOPE OF THE GRASS ROOTS, BUT IT COULD NOT BE REALISED UNDER THE EXISTING SYSTEM. THUS, WHILE REALISING THE IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY, WE SHOULD ALSO BEAR IN MIND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON DEMOCRACY.+

POSITIVE ACTION TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT NEEDED

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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENDEAVOUR TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY DOUBTS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG BY TAKING POSITIVE ACTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS BODIES, THE HON WONG PO-YAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOCUSSING ON HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND TRADE IN HIS DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS, MR WONG SAID SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE WOULD HEAVILY INFLUENCE INDUSTRIALISTS IN THEIR INVESTMENT DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE RUNNING MEDIUM AND SMALL-SIZED FACTORIES.

+ THE RESULT IS THAT EVEN UNDER THE FAIRLY FAVOURABLE SITUATION AT PRESENT, THEY ARE STILL HESITANT TO COMMIT FURTHER INVESTMENT,+ HE SAID.

MR WONG DESCRIBED THE PHENOMENON AS WORRYING AND SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE POSITIVE ACTION.

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