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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

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DOUBTS ARISE ON PROJECT'S VIABILITY

EXPO '97

BE

MUST HONG KONG PUBLIC AND

THE

PROPOSAL THE APPROVAL OR REJECTION OF DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF

BOTH RESOURCES BEARING IN MIND THE VERY LARGE DEMAND ON PRIVATE, THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR MCGREGOR SAID DELAY IN WHAT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE ACCOMMODATION

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, CONSIDERATION SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE INEVITABLE MANY WOULD REGARD AS ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURAL POTENTIALLY SERIOUS DISRUPTION CAUSED TO THE TRAVEL AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOUSANDS OF FOREIGN BUSINESSMEN ATTEMPTING TO VISIT HONG KONG FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES DURING THE SIX MONTHS PERIOD OF EXPO.

KONG WITHIN

"I WAS ALSO GREATLY CONCERNED AT THE CAPACITY OF THE HONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL 200,000 VISITORS

TOURISTS AND BUSINESS THE SIX MONTHS PERIOD ON TOP OF THREE MILLION TRAVELLERS, HE SAID.

SUBJECT TO A

MR MCGREGOR EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE PHYSICAL LIMITATION ON FLIGHTS, AND THEREFORE TRAVELLERS, WELL 1997.

BEFORE

**

HE ADDED. "WE FACE

IT EXPO.

WOULD BE THAT

"A NEW AIRPORT WILL NOT BE READY BY THEN, AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITHOUT AN MUCH LARGER WITH AN EXPO.'

..

SITES SUGGESTED AS SUITABLE FOR NOTING THAT THE THREE LAND

MR MCGREGOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, EXPO WERE EACH NEEDED FOR ESSENTIAL

WOULD REQUIRE A REARRANGEMENT OF SAID THAT THE USE OF ONE OF THEM

WORKS AND OTHER PRIORITIES AND A LOSS OF TIME IN COMPLETING PUBLIC PROJECTS NEEDED BY THE COMMUNITY.

DECLINED SHOULD WERE

SHARING THE GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN, MR MCGREGOR SAID HE TO SUPPORT THE EXPO PROPOSAL BECAUSE HE DID NOT FEEL HONG KONG

AND IMPORTANCE IF THERE EMBARK UPON A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT ITS VIABILITY.

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