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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1988

WAS

THE MATTER WITH INDIVIDUAL "WE ALSO INVITED THEM TO DISCUSS

OF A

SITE POSSIBLE THE QUESTION BELIEVE SECRETARIES, AND I DISCUSSED WITH THE STAFF OF LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH.

"BUT

F

WAS APPROACHED SECRETARY NO OTHER INFORMATION AND NO FURTHER MEETING TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE CONSULTANTS UNTIL THE FINAL REPORT WAS PUBLISHED SAID MR TSAO.

OR

ASKED THE GROUP AND ON OCTOBER 3,

FOR

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IN SUBSTANCE, THAT ALL

"IN THE EVENT, THE FINAL REPORT DID NOT DIFFER, FROM THE INTERIM REPORT. THE CONSULTANTS MADE THE STATEMENT PROBLEMS COULD BE SURMOUNTED.

·

'THEY DID NOT SAY WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE NOR HOW THEY BE DEALT WITH,' MR TSAO NOTED.

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THE

CONSULTANCY

HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT DURING WAS SOUGHT FROM THREE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF EXPOS TO BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSTING AN EXPO.

"THEY WERE IN NO SENSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES,

"THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING THIS ADVICE WAS KONG COULD MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS," HE ADDED.

WERE ΤΟ

PERIOD ADVICE ASCERTAIN THE

I

MR TSAO SAID.

то SEE

WHETHER

HONG

HE SAID TWO OF THE EXPERTS CONFIRMED THE NECESSITY OF ON A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VISITS TO THE EXPO TO MAKE SUCH AN SUCCESS.

RELIANCE EVENT A

WAS THE

"INDEED THEY POINTED OUT THAT THE LEVEL OF ATTENDANCE STARTING POINT. IT WOULD MAKE, OR BREAK, AN EXPO," MR TSAO SAID.

ΤΟ MAKE AN

"IN HONG KONG'S SPECIAL CASE WE SEE A NEED SUCH AS THIS NOT ONLY VIABLE BUT ALSO INTERNATIONAL.

EVENT

THAT HONG THE

"WE SEE AN EXPO AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD KONG WILL CONTINUE TO BE A VIBRANT, ECONOMICALLY BUOYANT FORCE IN WORLD IN 1997 AND BEYOND.

"HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE AIRPORT, WE DO NOT SEE THIS INTERNATIONAL OBJECTIVE BEING MET BECAUSE WE WILL NOT

THAT WE WOULD ABLE TO BRING IN FROM OVERSEAS THE NUMBER OF VISITORS WANT.

ACCEPTED A NEW

BY THE AIRPORT

AIRPORT HAVE BEEN 'THE LIMITATIONS ON THE CONSULTANTS, AS THEY ALSO ACCEPT THAT THERE CANNOT BE READY FOR SERVICE IN TIME FOR EXPO," MR TSAO EXPLAINED.

UP

TO 28 200,000

HE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE PROJECTING VISITS RUNNING

ODD FIGURE OF MILLION, THE CONSULTANTS HAD COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL OVERSEAS VISITORS.

/"SINCE WE *******