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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988

BENEFITS

то

TRADE AND

THIS IN TURN MIGHT ERODE THE POSSIBLE CULTURAL LINKS WHICH THE CONSULTANTS HAVE IDENTIFIED, HE POINTED OUT.

THE THE DOUBTS

A BID WITH AS FOR SUGGESTIONS THAT HONG KONG SHOULD REGISTER THE BIE BY NOVEMBER 20 AND THEN CONDUCT A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY, SPOKESMAN SAID THIS WOULD BE A RATIONAL WAY TO PROCEED IF OVER THE PROPOSAL TO HOLD AN EXPO COULD BE RESOLVED BY FURTHER STUDY.

FUNDAMENTAL AHEAD OF OTHER OVERALL JUDGEMENT AND

"BUT

THE VIEW IN

THE ADMINISTRATION, QUESTION IS WHETHER PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EXPO

OF QUESTION

OF THE

IS A

ESSENTIAL PROJECTS. THIS CANNOT BE ANSWERED BY FURTHER STUDIES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CIRCUMSTANCES,

IT

"IN THESE

WOULD NOT REGISTER A BID UNLESS THE PROJECT IS IN THE OVERALL PEOPLE OF HONG KONG."

BE

APPROPRIATE

TO

INTEREST OF THE

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT NO DECISION HAD YET TAKEN ON WHETHER OR NOT TO REGISTER A BID WITH THE BIE.

BEEN

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

TAKEN BY THE "THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE

... FULL ACCOUNT WILL AFTER WEIGHING UP ALL THE MANY FACTORS INVOLVED. BE TAKEN OF POINTS MADE DURING THE LEGCO DEBATE, HE ADDED.

HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE CONCERNED IN BRINGING SUCH AN IMAGINATIVE PROPOSAL FORWARD GENERATED MUCH ENTHUSIASM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

APART FROM THE POSITIVE FEATURES OF THE PROPOSAL AS BY THE CONSULTANTS, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT COULD SEE FURTHER RESULTS WHICH MIGHT FLOW FROM HOLDING SUCH AN EVENT.

THESE ARE:

OF THOSE WHICH HAS

IDENTIFIED POSITIVE

THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS WORLD ATTENTION A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN ITS HISTORY.

ON HONG KONG AT

HIGH DEGREE OF ON ITS

HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE ITS AUTONOMY THROUGH ITS ABILITY TO STAGE A WORLD EVENT OWN.

THE

ΤΟ PROJECT OPPORTUNITY PROSPEROUS AND EFFICIENT CITY.

HONG KONG

AS

A

DYNAMIC,

THE SUBJECT,

"

"BUT IN THE INTERESTS OF BALANCED DISCUSSIONS ON THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED SHOULD ALSO BE PUT TO THE PUBLIC, HE ADDED.

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