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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

WE

JLL

HAVE CONFIDENT

FOR HONG KONG, BOTING THAT IT HAD BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR

HAD HAVE GOVER OR SAID: "BUT WE

DIFFICULT YEARS BEFORE. SURVIVED THEM. WE HAVE EMERGED FROM THEM STRONGER AND MORE IN OUR OWN ABILITY.'

"WE

MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES. CANNOT EXPECT OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN US."

WITHOUT THIS,

WE

GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE

THE GOVERNOR GAVE AN ASSURANCE THE TO FACE RESOLUTELY THE CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD.

NEED

"TO DO SO, WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF MEMBERS OF THIS

WE WE NEED MORE THAN THAT. OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

RUN BY

COUNCIL AND

LEADERSHIP

HONG KONG PEOPLE. THEY

LEADERS THEY CHOOSE. FOR THEMSELVES AND WORKS SO HARD," SIR

"IN 1997, HONG KONG WILL BE MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES, AND IN THE IF THEY ARE TO ENJOY THE STABILITY AND PROGRESS, THEIR FAMILIES, FOR WHICH THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY DAVID SAID.

NEW AIRPORT, PORT DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHT 'BUILDING FOR FUTURE'

AND

KOK

DECISIONS TO BUILD A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP TO UNDERTAKE MAJOR PORT DEVELOPMENT WERE HIGHLIGHTS OF A "BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE" PROGRAMME OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE COUNCIL'S NEW SESSION. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO PUBLISH A WHITE BILL ON A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND TO HAVE DRAFT LEGISLATION READY BY NEXT JULY.

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SIR DAVID SAID THE NEW AIRPORT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR, AND THE FIRST OF TWO RUNWAYS WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO OPEN BY EARLY 1997.

PROVIDING ALL THE FACILITIES FOR SERVICING THE AIRPORT MEANT BUILDING A NEW TOWN FOR AT LEAST 150,000 PEOPLE, PLUS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, IN THE TUNG CHUNG VALLEY OF LANTAU ISLAND.

"BUILDING THE NEW AIRPORT, AND THE ROAD AND RAIL LINKS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WILL BE THE LARGEST PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN IN HONG KONG," HE SAID.

UNVEILING PLANS TO CREATE A VIRTUALLY COMPLETELY NEW PORT ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE TERRITORY, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE NEXT CONTAINER TERMINAL, NO. 8, WOULD BE BUILT ON RECLAIMED LAND AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND, AND THE NO. 9 TERMINAL ON RECLAIMED LAND AT THE SOUTHEAST OF TSING YI ISLAND.

THE COST OF THE AIRPORT AND PORT WORKS, AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT LINKS AND SUPPORTING INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, WOULD BE SOME $127 BILLION AT CURRENT PRICES OVER THE PERIOD UP TO THE YEAR 2006.

/SIR DAVID