XN000022-1987-01-11 — Page 3

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1987

+WE DIDN'T NEED TO BUILD AN AIRPORT AT THAT TIME, WE STILL DON'T NEED TO BUILD AN AIRPORT NOW BUT WE MAY NEED TO BUILD ONE

IN FUTURE.

SER DAVID SAID THE OTHER THING WAS IT WOULD CAUSE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. HE ADDED THAT HE COULD NOT SAY WHETHER IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR OR MORE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT COULD GIVE A REPLY.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR SAID THERE WERE MANY ASPECTS THAT WOULD HAYE TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT COULD GIVE A REPLY.

THESE INCLUDED THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH CHINA, THE TUNNEL THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS LEADING UP TO LOK MA CHAU, THE EXTENSION OF THE HARBOUR TO THE WESTWARD, THE LINK-UP WITH WESTERN HONG KONG BY A CROSSWAY CIRCLING ROUND AND GOING THROUGH MA WAN, AND A BRIDGE FROM MA WAN OVER TO CASTLE PEAK ROAD.

ASKED ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID SAID: »JUST BE PATIENT,+

ON THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES PROBLEM, SIR DAVID SAID: +THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE COMMUNICATE OUR VIEWS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THEN WE GET A BRITISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THOSE VIEWS.+

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NINTH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL OPENED

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THE NINTH TSUEN WAN ARTS FESTIVAL OPENED TONIGHT (SUNDAY) IN A COLOURFUL CEREMONY AT THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND.

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, BECLARED THE FESTIVAL OPEN WITH THE BEAT OF A GONG AND THIS WAS SYNCHRONISED WITH THE UNFURLING OF A LARGE SCROLL WHICH BORE THE EMBLEM OF THE FESTIVAL.

THE CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY DANCE PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTES FROM GUANGDONG PORTRAYING THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN OVER THE PAST 300 YEARS.

EARLIER IN THE DAY, A SPECTACULAR PROCESSION FEATURING VARIOUS CULTURE AND ARTS TOGETHER WITH DECORATED VEHICLES PARADED ALONG SHA TSUI ROAD.

THE PROCESSION