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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

"IF THE IDEAS OF BUILDING A MAJOR STADIUM IN HONG KONG COME FRUITION, AN ALTERNATIVE EVENT WHICH MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE 2002 WOULD BE TO HOST THE ASIAN GAMES,

HE ADDED.

"HONG KONG MUST REMAIN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH VISION, CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION. IT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS GREAT CITY AND THE CATALYST OF THIS IDEA MUST BE A STIMULUS TO US ALL.

TO

YEAR

ALWAYS ENCOURAGES IS THROUGH COURAGEOUS IDEAS STABLE AND PROSPEROUS

FEEL RELUCTANCE

THAT WE

THAT

I

"HOWEVER, AS FAR AS EXPO IN 1997 IS CONCERNED I

WITH MUST BOW TO REALISM AND IT IS WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION,

CONSIDERABLE MR BARROW SAID.

EXPO 97

WIDE-RANGING BENEFITS WOULD RESULT

HONG

ΤΟ THE

KONG SIGNIFICANCE, THE

WILL NOT ONLY BE A CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT BUT WILL ALSO BE AN EVENT OF HISTORICAL HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

GOVERNMENT

THE

ITS INTENT OF WITH AN PROCEEDING

TO REGISTER THE MR CHEUNG URGED

BEFORE BIE, HOSTING AN EXPO IN 1997, WITH IN-DEPTH FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE PROPOSAL.

RANK HE SAID THAT IN STAGING AN EXPO IN 1997, HONG KONG COULD

OF THE WORLD AND COULD FURTHER ITSELF AMONG OTHER LEADING CITIES CONSOLIDATE ITS INTERNATIONAL STATUS.

ti

DIFFERENT FORMS OF HIGH AND NEW PRODUCTS,

HE SAID.

"A WORLD EXPO IS AN EVENT IN WHICH

AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY,

COMMERCIAL MODERN DISCOVERIES IN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE ARE DISPLAYED,

PARTICIPATING THE "THE EVENT WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT

AND BUT ALSO THE HOST THROUGH EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE SAID.

COUNTRIES

EXPERIENCE,

HE

POSITION то

MR CHEUNG SAID THAT HONG KONG WAS IN A FAVOURABLE HOST AN EXPO.

IN A

THE TOURIST,

BOOM

IN THE

HOTEL

SERVICES,

AND

ALSO, THE EVENT WOULD ADD IMPETUS TO CATERING INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS RESULT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTORS.

THE MODERN ISATION,

THE HOSTING OF AN EXPO WOULD BE SYMBOLIC OF PROSPERITY AND PEACE THAT WAS PREVALENT IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

/IT WOULD