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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1990
PART,
MÀ LAN SAID FOR ITS
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD DEMONSTRATED ITS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE BY MAINTAINING ITS AMBITIOUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.
THE GOVERNMENT SPENT $7.8 BILLION ON CAPITAL WORKS IN 1988-89, AND WOULD SPEND ABOUT $10 BILLION IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR. ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ON CAPITAL WORKS WOULD EXCEED THIS AMOUNT NEXT YEAR AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
MR LAN ALSO INDICATED THAT BOTH GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS FROM OVERSEAS WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY BY DECIDING TO BUILD A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND PORT FACILITIES AT A TOTAL COST OF OVER $124 BILLION.
"THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF INTEREST SHOWN FROM OVERSEAS PARTICIPATE IN THESE WONDERFUL PROJECTS, MR LAN SAID.
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HOUSING, AND
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND A WELL REGULATED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SO AS TO RETAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND OF OUR OF HONG OWN PEOPLE, AND TO ENSURE CONTINUED PROSPERITY AND STABILITY KONG.
"WITH THE RESILIENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS AND DETERMINATION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, 1 AM SURE THAT HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO RISE TO ANY CHALLENGES, MR LAN CONCLUDED.
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TOMORROW (FRIDAY), MR LAN WILL ADDRESS BUSINESSMEN WITH HONG KONG CONNECTIONS AND LEADERS OF CHINESE ORGANISATIONS IN AMSTERDAM PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG.
THIRD QUARTER SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS RELEASED
THIRD IN THE
QUARTER OF 1989, 4.605 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL
(NRT) ARRIVED IN CAPACITY OF 28.3 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS
HONG IN NUMBER AND KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 329 (OR 8 PER CENT)
12 PER CENT) OF 3.0 MILLION NRT (OR
IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD
QUARTER OF 1988.
"HONG THIS IS SHOWN IN THE
KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT THE CENSUS AND JULY SEPTEMBER 1989" PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED
OF A SAMPLE HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM CONSIGNMENTS) INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT.
IN
MANIFEST
/WHEN ANALYSED
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