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MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1989

MR BARNES ALSO SAID EDUCATION MUST BE EXPANDED.

HE SAID,

BESIDES, THERE WERE SO MUCH WORKS THAT MUST BE DONE,

WORTH ADDING THAT THESE WORKS WOULD INCLUDE RECLAMATIONS IN THE HARBOUR,

SOME $12 BILLION LEAST ONE MORE CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL AND SEWERS.

MR BARNES SAID THE HUGH INCREASE OF PASSENGER JOURNEYS

IN THE THROUGHPUT FROM CHINA HAD ENORMOUSLY INCREASED THE TRAINS, FERRIES AND ROADS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.

AT OF

ΤΟ AND AIRPORT,

KONG'S BASIC

THE MOVEMENT OF A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF HONG MANUFACTURING PROCESSES WHOLLY OR PARTLY, TO PLACES IN GUANGDONG, HAD AN ENORMOUS EFFECT ON THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT IN INDUSTRY.

HAD

BOTH TRAFFIC

AT THE "THIS HAS MASSIVELY INCREASED THE GOODS

THE BORDER CROSSINGS AND THROUGHOUT THE ROAD SYSTEMS, PARTICULARLY IN

WITHIN OUR

INDUSTRIAL AREAS, APPROACHES TO THE URBAN AREA AND WHICH ARE NOW USED MUCH MORE EXTENSIVELY FOR CHINA THAN PREVIOUSLY," HE SAID.

INCREASED RESULTED IN

OWN

WAREHOUSING GOODS

FROM

DEMAND ON THE PORT MOREOVER, THE ENORMOUSLY

AN AVERAGE INCREASE CHINA IMPORTS AND EXPORTS HAD THROUGHPUT OF OVER 15 PER CENT PER ANNUM OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

FOR

IN

"AT THE PRESENT STAGE OF HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT

WHERE AND

BEFORE, QUITE INEXORABLY USING UP OUR AVAILABLE LAND MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAN PLANNING IS NECESSARY," HE SAID.

WHEN WE ARE WE

FAR VERY CAREFUL

ARR

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANNING WAS

DICTATED BY

WITH CHINA

ONE OF THE

A FEW ESSENTIALS. THESE INCLUDE:

*

HONG KONG IS STILL THE GATEWAY TO FINEST NATURAL PORTS IN THE WORLD.

IT IS MOREOVER IN A CENTRAL CROSSROAD IN CONTINENT OF THE WORLD.

THE MOST DYNAMIC

FAR MORE LEFT AND WILL

HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE MOVE OUT. THERE WILL STILL BE LEFT BEHIND WHO WILL REPLACE THOSE WHO HAVE RISE TO THE OCCASION AS ALWAYS.

BASIS FOR IN THE SHAPE OTHERS HAVE A

A SOLID CONSTITUTIONAL HONG KONG STILL HAS PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS IN THE NEXT 58 YEARS, OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION. MANY VERY MUCH WORSE BASIS FOR OPTIMISM.

"I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT HONG EVER. INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE WHATEVER ELSE WE FIND NECESSARY TO CUT, MR BARNES SAID.

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REMAINS AS DYNAMIC KONG CRITICAL TO OUR FUTURE THIS MUST AND WILL CARRY

AS AND ON,

"

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