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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987
THE SECOND PHASE INCLUDES A RESTAURANT BLOCK WITH TWO RESTAURANTS.
THE MUSEUM OF ART WILL BE DEVELOPED AS PHASE 3 AND A GARDEN PHASE 4.
AS
CONSTRUCTING
PHASES 1
-
3
IS
OF THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $679.4 MILLION.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE CEREMONY, MR FORD SAID THE CENTRE WOULD "HERALD A NEW ERA OF CULTURAL ACTIVITY IN HONG KONG" "I THINK WE CAN ALL BE VERY JUSTLY PROUD OF THIS BUILDING WHICH WE TOPPED OUT THIS MORNING," MR FORD SAID.
HE SAID INTEREST IN THE CULTURAL FIELD AND THE PERFORMING ARTS WAS INCREASING ALL THE TIME.
"THE SUCCESS OF THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE URBAN COUNCIL IS THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
"I SEE NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO INCREASE. IT WILL NEED VERY GOOD ORGANISATION. IT WILL NEED VERY GOOD PROMOTION, BUT I KNOW THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL ARE FOCUSING ON THIS SUBJECT AND I HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT IT WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL VENUE, MR FORD SAID.
HONG KONG'S ENTREPOT STATUS ASSURED
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INFORMATION, MR ENTREPOT STATUS
THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND PETER TSAO, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THAT HONG KONG'S APPEARED ASSURED AND ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT GUARANTEED.
ADDRESSING A SYMPOSIUM ON DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA HELD AT ERASMUS UNIVERSITY OF ROTTERDAM, MR TSAO SAID THAT IN RECENT YEARS HONG KONG'S ROLE AS. AN ENTREPOT, PARTICULARLY OF CHINA TRADE HAD EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY.
"INDEED, THE GROWTH RATE IN VALUE TERMS OF RE-EXPORTS HAS OUTPACED THE GROWTH RATE FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, WITH RE-EXPORTS ACCOUNTING FOR ALMOST HALF OF OUR TOTAL EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987.
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