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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1989
PRINCE OFFICIALLY OPENS EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING
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THE PRINCE OF WALES DESCRIBED THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AS ONE STEP FORWARD IN HONG KONG'S DETERMINATION TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TUNNEL TODAY WEDNESDAY!. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SAID THE CEREMONY MARKED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN HONG KONG'S PLANS TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE ITS ECONOMIC GROWTH,
HE ADDED: "IN MANY WAYS THE TUNNEL IS A SYMBOL OF HONG KONG ITSELF. IT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH AN INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE: THE FRANCHISE TO BUILD THE TUNNEL WAS GRANTED TO THE NEW HONG KONG TUNNEL COMPANY. A COMPANY FORMED BY BRITISH. JAPANESE. CHINESE AND LOCAL INTERESTS. THE CONTRACTORS. ENGINEERS. SUPPLIERS AND CONSULTANTS WHO JOINED FORCES TO COMPLETE IT COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
"THE FACT THAT WE ARE OPENING THIS TUNNEL MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS AHEAD OF A VERY TIGHT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE IS LITTLE SHORT REMARKABLE FOR SUCH A COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROJECT.
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"IT CERTAINLY MAKES A CHANGE FROM THE HOSPITAL I ONCE OPENED IN THE UK FOR WHICH MY GRANDMOTHER HAD LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE TWENTY YEARS BEFORE.
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CONGRATULATED THE NEW HONG KONG TUNNEL COMPANY. THE CONTRACTORS, ENGINEERS. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. AND OTHER AGENCIES ON A SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT.
HE CONTINUED: "THIS IS THE LARGEST SINGLE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO FAR IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY. IT IS ALSO ONE STEP FORWARD IN HONG KONG'S DETERMINATION ΤΟ BUILD FOR A BETTER FUTURE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PLANNING FOR A THIRD CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE HARBOUR HAS ALREADY BEGUN. THE AIM IS TO COMPLETE IT BY 1996.
"WHAT HARD-PRESSED TRAVELLER ON HIS HARBOUR FERRY LESS THAN TWO DECADES AGO WOULD HAVE VISUALISED IN THE VICTORIA HARBOUR AREA THREE MAJOR ROAD TUNNELS. AND AT LEAST TWO RAIL TUNNELS. WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS?
"I AN DELIGHTED TO HAVE ARRIVED FOUR MONTHS EARLY IN ORDER TO DECLARE THIS EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING OPEN."
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