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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

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"IT WOULD STIMULATE AN INTEREST

H HE SAID. ITSELF AND THEREAFTER,

HONG IN

KONG BOTH IN

1997

DISAPPOINTMENT

THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD THE QUESTIONS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF A

MR BARROW EXPRESSED RAISED A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL ISSUES, IN PARTICULAR FINANCIAL VIABILITY, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND SUITABLE SITE.

BUT HE ADDED THAT HE DID ACCEPT THAT MANY OF BY GOVERNMENT WERE REASONABLE.

THE POINTS MADE

STUDY HAS BEEN

THE ANALYSED, AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR SEVEN

"NOW THAT THE PRE-FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND PARTICULARLY THE MILLION VISITS FROM MAINLAND VISITORS MUST BE QUESTIONED.

INDUSTRY'S

DIRECT IT WOULD

SAID THAT THE TOURISM "IT MUST ALSO BE BENEFIT FROM EXPO WOULD BE QUITE LIMITED ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE AN OVERALL STIMULUS," HE SAID.

WAS ΚΑΙ TAK AIRPORT

THE KEY CONSTRAINT, MR BARROW CONTINUED, WHICH WOULD BE AT MAXIMUM CAPACITY WELL BEFORE 1997.

"INDEED, IT IS THAT THERE COULD BE A NEGATIVE TOURISM INDUSTRY IF OUR ALL IMPORTANT BUSINESS VISITORS

CLOGGING UP BY CROWDS OF EXPO VISITORS WHO WOULD AIRPORT BUT OUR TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER FACILITIES.

BE

"WHILST THE EXPO CONCEPT IS AN INSPIRATION WE MUST LOOK AT THE FACTS AND WE MUST BE PRACTICAL.

EFFECT ON OUR ARE AFFECTED ONLY OUR

NOT

TO THE COMMUNITY,

AS A EVENTS WHICH

"I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD USE THE PROPOSAL STIMULATE US ALL INTO GENERATING IDEAS FOR PLACE BOTH DURING AND AFTER 1997," MR BARROW SAID.

тоо NOT

EARLY

START

TO HE ADDED THAT IT WAS EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE AFTER 1997 AS THIS WOULD GIVE HONG AND AN AIM.

"I SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT CARRY ON WITH HOSTING AN EXPO WITH THE TIMING TO BE IN THE YEAR 2000 THE NEW AIRPORT WILL HAVE BEEN OPENED.

A

SUPPORTING MAJOR

"ITS SUCCESS WOULD PLAY ESTABLISHING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFIDENCE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION," HE SAID.

THIS

-

SHOULD

CATALYST ΤΟ COULD TAKE

ON

FOCUSSING KONG A GOAL

THE IDEA OF OR 2001 WHEN

ROLE IN FIRMLY IN HONG KONG AS A

THE WITH BE RAISED

IN THE EARLY A COMMITMENT

BE AN (WHEN ΚΑΙ

WOULD TAK LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ONGOING DEVELOPMENT

MR BARROW RECOMMENDED THAT CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE 1990'S TO HOLD AN EVENT IN, SAY, 2001 OBVIOUS POSSIBLE LOCATION) COULD STIMULATE CONFIDENCE THROUGH THE TRANSITION PERIOD, ENSURE AND GOT THE SAR OFF TO A GOOD START IN THE INTERNATIONAL AREA.

"IF THE