MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1988
FEASIBILITY OF EXPO BEING EXAMINED: SIR DAVID FORD
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD FURTHER EXAMINE A PROPOSAL FOR HONG KONG TO HOST A WORLD EXPO AND A SERIES OF REGULAR MEETINGS WOULD NOW BE HELD TO CHECK THE PROGRESS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE PROJECT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE FIRST MOTHER'S CHOICE HOME AT KENNEDY ROAD, SIR DAVID SAID THE LATEST DECISION BY THE BUREAU INTERNATIONAL D'EXPOSITIONS (BIE) IN PARIS REQUIRED THAT WE SHOULD REGISTER AN INTEREST BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
"THAT NOW CREATES A NEW URGENCY IN THE SITUATION AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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HE SAID THAT ALL THE SECRETARIES INVOLVED WERE NOW WORKING ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT.
"THE SORT OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED ARE VERY WIDE-RANGING. THEY INVOLVE TRANSPORT, THE SITING OF THE EXPO, AIR TRANSPORTATION, THE ABILITY OF HOTELS TO MEET THE DEMAND, THE QUESTION OF COSTING AND FINANCE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF LAND. THERE ARE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS то BE LOOKED INTO, HE SAID.
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ON THE PROPOSED SITES FOR THE EXPO, SIR DAVID SAID THAT FOUR OR FIVE POSSIBILITIES WERE BEING LOOKED AT.
WHEN ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER USING MORE FACTORIES TO ACCOMMODATE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, SIR DAVID SAID: "THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS, AS YOU KNOW, ON THE QUESTION OF ACCOMMODATION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS MORNING IS WE DO HAVE SUFFICIENT ACCOMMODATION TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR THE TIME BEING.
"OBVIOUSLY IF THE DEMAND GOES UP, CONSIDER OTHER ALTERNATIVES."
THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO
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