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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989

"NO ONE SHOULD DENY

THE

BUT

'SHARE IN THEIR

IT: PUTS SECRETARY

THE SO-CALLED 'FRUITS THEY CAN BE PROPERLY

OUR LABOUR FORCE AS THE FINANCIAL FRUITS OF PROSPERITY', NEITHER SHOULD WE PERPETUATE A SITUATION THAT OF PROSPERITY' ARE ERODED BY INFLATION BEFORE ENJOYED.

OF

WERE TODAY LABOUR MANY MAY NOT REMEMBER

ΤΟ LOT

THE

ΤΟ THE IMPORTATION "MANY WHO OBJECT

MAINLAND CHINA. IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES FROM THAT HONG KONG'S SUCCESS IN THE LAST FEW DECADES OWED

MR HO SAID. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE IMMIGRANTS,

A

IMPACT AN

ON OUR DEVELOPMENTS, PORT FACILITIES, RECLAMATION,

STRATEGIC

ON

THE

HAVE TURNING TO GENERAL ISSUES THAT WOULD

MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL ECONOMY, MR HO STRESSED THAT INCLUDING A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EXPANSION OF

AND HARBOUR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND

A INTO TOGETHER INTEGRATED TO BE SKILLFULLY WOULD HAVE

CITY INTERNATIONAL AS A MAJOR PLAN TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG PACIFIC RIM FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES.

TRANSPORT

ALREADY BEFORE THE

"THE STUDIES AND GESTATIONS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS. IT IS VITAL THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE, END OF THIS YEAR, AS WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED.

AND THIS WOULD BUT ALSO

MR HO SAID.

THERE SHOULD BE EXPEDITIOUS "AFTER DECISIONS ARE MADE,

INTO REALITIES. EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PLANS DEPEND NOT ONLY ON THE ORGANISATION OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES; ON AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TOWNPLANNING SYSTEM,

BE

REMINDED

THAT

"ON THE QUESTION OF TOWNPLANNING, WE SHOULD

MAGNITUDE, PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG, DUE TO VARIOUS INTER-RELATED INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL OF SUCH WE HAVE IN FACT TO ENGAGE IN THE MACRO-PLANNING OF A WHOLE.

TERRITORY THE

THE

"FURTHERMORE, THIS MACRO MASTER PLAN SHOULD TAKE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG IN RELATION TO REGIONS IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA," HE CONTINUED.

AS

INTO ACCOUNT NEIGHBOURING

PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC THAT AS HONG KONG'S MR HO POINTED OUT

MORE AND MORE

THERE BORDER,

SHOULD ACTIVITIES MOVED TOWARDS THOSE OF AN ENTREPOT, AND AS

THE OF

OLDER SOME MANUFACTURING FACILITIES WERE MOVED ACROSS THE

IN LAND USE BE SOME FUNDAMENTAL RETHINKING ON INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

INSTANCE, FOR

WE

COULD CONSIDER

THE

AREAS URBAN

SYSTEMATICALLY

TO

CLEAN UP

MOVING THE

INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS AWAY FROM ENVIRONMENT, HE SUGGESTED.

MR HO ALSO CALLED FOR MORE TANGIBLE ACTION TO LIMIT THE

OF OUR CIVIL SERVICE.

"ONE OBVIOUS WAY OF LIMITING THE GROWTH OF

GROWTH

THE CIVIL SERVICE

IS THAT, WHERE POSSIBLE, LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR DO SOME OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR," HE SAID.

/IN RELATION