XN000022-1988-10-20 — Page 6

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

THE

OVERALL

SCHEME

IN

ISOLATION.

OF THIS

то HAVE

EXAMINE

"IN PARTICULAR, WE THINGS. A VIEW ON EXPO CANNOT BE TAKEN ALONE AND

MR TSAO SAID. WIDER VIEW HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN,

*

HE SAID THAT THE SUGGESTION OF STAGING AN

EXPO

WOULD REFLECT

THE CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

THAT ANY

DECISION OF CONFIDENCE

"I AM SURE THAT NO ONE WILL TRY TO SUGGEST ON EXPO SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A BAROMETER OF THE LEVEL IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG,

HE SAID.

MR TSAO ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THE REGULATIONS WERE MORE DEMANDING THAN PREVIOUSLY.

BIE

WAS HAVE

ADVANCE

то

INTO BIDDER

DECIDE

A

NO THAT

BID PROVIDED "UP UNTIL NOW THE REGULATIONS

EVENT. THESE RULES REQUIRED UNTIL SIX YEARS BEFORE A PROPOSED

AND ANY POTENTIAL

IN NOW CHANGED, PUTTING HONG KONG SITUATION WHERE THEY MUST LOOK UP TO 12 YEARS THE FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF HOSTING SUCH AN EVENT.

INTENSE ACTIVITY ENSURING

"FOR HONG KONG THESE YEARS COVER A PERIOD OF IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR AS WE WORK TOGETHER IN HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY,

"IT IS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF ALL THAT WILL BE HAPPENING

MUST BE TAKEN, THE YEARS UP TO AND BEYOND 1997, THAT THIS DECISION MR TSAO SAID.

IN

++

YEAR,

WAS

HE SAID WHEN MR CHEONG'S PROPOSAL WAS MADE IN APRIL THIS

OF THE

SECRETARY CHIEF A WORKING GROUP UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP FORMED AND INCLUDED ALL RELEVANT POLICY SECRETARIES,

"THIS GROUP HAS CARRIED OUT ITS

THUS NO QUESTION THAT THE ISSUE HAS WHOLE PERIOD, THERE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY," HE ADDED.

DELIBERATIONS

THROUGHOUT THE NOT BEEN

FINDINGS

IDENTIFIED

JUNK

BE EXTENDED POSED BY

HE SAID THE WORKING GROUP'S INITIAL BAY AS A POSSIBLE SITE IF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY COULD

CONSTRAINTS TO IT, BUT ONCE THE GROUP BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE THE AIRPORT, SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ON THE PROPOSAL EMERGED.

PLACE AFTER WORKING GROUP, THE FEASIBILITY

AFTER HELD

MR TSAO OUTLINED THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT TOOK MR CHEONG'S PROPOSAL INCLUDING INITIAL STUDIES BY THE

CONSULTANTS TO STUDY MR CHEONG'S APPOINTMENT OF

THE DISCUSSIONS STAGING AN

IN 1997, AND EXPO CONSULTANTS ISSUED THEIR REPORT.

OF

THE

TO THE CONSULTANTS AND IT HAD FINAL REPORT WAS PREPARED.

HE NOTED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RESERVATIONS WERE

DISCUSS

ΤΟ OFFERED

THEM

WE ALSO

EXPRESSED BEFORE THE