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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

SUMMARY OF POLICY SPEECH TAPED FOR BROADCAST

BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR COUNCIL WHICH AND TELEVISION THIS (WEDNESDAY)

THE FOLLOWING IS THE SUMMARY DELIVERED DAVID WILSON, ON HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE WAS TAPED FOR BROADCAST EVENING:

RADIO ON

THIS AFTERNOON I GAVE MY

ANNUAL

то ADDRESS

THE

LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL. I SHOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AT A MUCH SHORTER LENGTH SOME OF THE POINTS I MADE IN IT.

WAS THAT WE NEED A STRONG THE STARTING POINT OF MY SPEECH

IMPROVE ECONOMY. ONLY THEN CAN WE PAY FOR OUR AMBITIOUS PROGRAMMES TO

IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR THE LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. SO AN

MAKE

OUR ECONOMY

SUCCESSFUL. REMAINS GOVERNMENT IS TO GROWTH THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN LAST. BUT AT 6 PER CENT WE CONTINUING TO DO WELL. I SEE EVERY REASON FOR LONG TERM CONFIDENCE.

THAT SURE

ARE

NEED TO THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH

ONE OF THE THEMES OF MY SPEECH THIS AFTERNOON WAS THE BUILD UP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO KEEP PACE WITH IN OUR ECONOMY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT TRAFFIC WE NEED MORE AND BETTER ROADS.

WE WILL BE SPENDING CONGESTION IS AN INCREASING PROBLEM. THIS YEAR ALMOST $2 BILLION ON ROADS $300 MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

—

IS NOW WE NEED TO TACKLE THE QUESTION OF THE AIRPORT. KAI TAK

IN ASIA. PASSENGER TRAFFIC HAS ALMOST THE SECOND BUSIEST AIRPORT

THAT DOUBLED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR

THE BIGGEST WE WILL NEED A NEW AIRPORT. IT WILL BE A HUGE PROJECT

DECISION RIGHT ON WHERE AND EVER IN HONG KONG, SO WE MUST GET THE WHEN TO BUILD IT. THAT IS A DECISION WHICH WILL BE TAKEN OF NEXT YEAR.

BY THE END

THE PORT IS

ANOTHER

WE

ΤΟ HAVE AREA WHERE

CATER FOR A END OF THIS YEAR WE WILL BE HUGE INCREASE IN DEMAND, BEFORE THE

TERMINALS SHOULD TAKING THE DECISION ON WHERE THE NEXT TWO CONTAINER GO. AND WE ARE PLANNING AHEAD POR FURTHER MAJOR GROWTH.

THIS

IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT WAS ANOTHER THEME OF MY SPEECH. IS SOMETHING WHICH AFFECTS EVERYBODY. WE CANNOT EXPECT INSTANT SUCCESS PUTTING MORE EFFORT INTO TACKLING THE AND WE ARE BUT WE CAN PROBLEM. TAKE SEWERAGE FOR EXAMPLE. OUR FACILITIES ARE SIMPLY NOT GOOD SPENDING ENOUGH FOR A MODERN CITY, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS WE SHALL BE $10 BILLION ON SEWAGE ALONE. AND WE ARE NOW DEALING WITH OTHER ASPECTS GETTING OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEM LIKK ANIMAL WASTE AND BETTER WAYS OF RID OF DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL RUBBISH.

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