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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989

THE CEREMONY.

CHEUNG,

CHAIRMAN

OF

THE

JOCKEY

"THE SAID,

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

SIR OSWALD ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, CLUB HAS A LONG HISTORY OF CREATING PARKS TO ENHANCE

THE HONG LIFE OF

KONG PEOPLE RECLAIMED FROM MARSHLAND IN 1951.

AND

BEEN "I HOPE THAT WHAT HAS

THE

THE QUALITY OF PARK FIRST WAS VICTORIA

PROVIDED WILL FURTHER REINFORCE

AND KONG

THAT THE JOCKEY CLUB'S COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG MANY, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO

SOME ACTIVE ONLY ENJOY NOT

RECREATION IN

SOME MOMENTS REALLY MODERN FACILITIES BUT ALSO, OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN THE PARKLAND OUTSIDE IN THE VERY CENTRE OF ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED PARTS OF OUR TERRITORY, ADDED.

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HE

ACCOMPANIED BY SOME OF ITS NEW

AFTER THE CEREMONY, SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON, MR FORSGATE AND SIR OSWALD, TOURED THE PARK TO SEE FACILITIES.

SITE FOR CONTAINER TERMINAL 8 UNDER STUDY

AT

YI TSING

THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING DETAILED

TO THE CONSIDERATION

AND STONECUTTERS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE SITES ISLAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAINER TERMINAL 8, THE SECRETARY ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE GOVERNMENT HOPED SHE SAID DECISION ON THE PREFERRED SITE SHORTLY.

FOR

ΤΟ BE

ΤΟ ABLE

ANNOUNCE

A

CLUB, MRS SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE BAYVIEW LIONS

8 WOULD CHAN SAID THAT THE FIRST BERTH OF TERMINAL

BY BE REQUIRED

ΤΟ MID-1994

KEEP PACE WITH HONG KONG'S FAST GROWING CONTAINER FURTHER 15 THROUGHPUT WHICH SAW A 25 PER CENT INCREASE IN 1987 AND A PER CENT RISE LAST YEAR.

OF

BEEN "CONSULTANTS HAVE

ASSISTING GOVERNMENT IN LOCATING A SUITABLE SITE FOR THIS TERMINAL. NINE SITES WERE EXAMINED IN TERMS THEIR

LAND DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL,

ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL MARINE ASPECTS AND COST.

IMPACT,

ONE AT

HAS NOW BEEN "THE SEARCH

NARROWED To

SITES. TWO SOUTHEAST TSING YI AND THE OTHER AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND," SHE SAID.

MRS CHAN SAID THAT IN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE CONTAINER FACILITIES IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT THE GOVERNMENT BORE IN MIND THE BEST POSSIBLE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE, SO AVOIDED A NEAR MONOPOLY SITUATION EMERGING IN THIS AREA.

AND

IN

"IT IS ONLY BY ONGOING FORWARD PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOODWILL AND INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN REMAIN AHEAD OF THE GAME AND ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S DEMAND FOR PORT FACILITIES IS MATCHED BY SUPPLY," SHE ADDED.

/MRS CHAN