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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

THE

PRIVATE

IN

SECTOR HAD BEEN IN

THE

HAVING SEEN HOW SUCCESSFUL

AND DEVELOPING THE CONTAINER PORT

BUILDING TUNNELS, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THAT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE NEW AIRPORT AND OF THE PORT WOULD BE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

CROSS HARBOUR MANY OF THE

EXPANSION :

THE

INTERNATIONAL:

THESE

ENORMOUS

"I AM SURE THERE WILL BE MANY LOCAL AND

IN DEVELOPERS WHO WILL BE KEEN TO CO-OPERATE WITH US AND EXCITING PROJECTS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE.!! HE SAID.

PLANS FOR THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT WHILE THE

BUILDING A NEW AIRPORT AND DEVELOPING THE PORT WOULD CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ON ITS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THEY WOULD ALSO MAKE HUGE DEMANDS

RESOURCES.

"IT MAY WELL BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER EXCEPTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS:

THEY ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF LABOUR SO THAT COMPLETED

TIME ON

AND WITHOUT CAUSING UNACCEPTABLE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES,"

" HE SAID.

PROJECTS WILL TRANSFORM HK'S DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE MASSIVE EXPANSION OF THE PORT WILL TRANSFORM HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID, WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ISLAND,

HE SAID THAT LARGE NEW AREAS IN TERRITORY, PARTICULARLY LANTAU INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE.

THE WESTERN PART OF THE WOULD BE OPENED UP FOR

THESE ACTIVITIES WERE NOW CONCENTRATED IN A FAIRLY NARROW BAND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HARBOUR.

"BUT IN FUTURE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO ESCAPE THE RESTRICTIONS AND CONGESTION IMPOSED BY THE EXISTING URBAN AREAS AND TO PLAN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THE BASIS OF LARGE-SCALE MODERN PORT AND AIRPORT FACILITIES COMING INTO BEING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY.

"THIS WILL PROVIDE A NEW AND VERY WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ABOUT A GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, SIR DAVID SAID.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT LOOKING AT THE DETAILS, THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, AND THE BRIDGES AND ROADS THAT GO WITH IT. WOULD .OPEN UP FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THE WHOLE OF LANTAU'S NORTHERN COASTLINE.

"THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE OUTSTANDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ON THE HILLS AND SOUTHERN COAST OF THE ISLAND. EXPANDING THE PORT WESTWARDS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE FURTHER LAND, MAINLY FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, WEST OF TUEN MUN, HE ADDED.

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