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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1990

THE

KONG ISLAND TO THE ROUTE 3 HIGHWAY FROM WESTERN ON HONG BORDER ALONE PRESENTED HUGE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

WOULD GO AHEAD ITSELF EXPECTED

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUING PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, TO COST MORE THAN $12 BILLION IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.

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AND CONTINUE

BE NEW LAND WOULD

RECLAIMED, WATER PLANTS PROVIDED, AND SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS BUILT. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD HOMES EVERY YEAR.

SEWERAGE

AND TREATMENT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO PRODUCE 50,000 NEW

ΤΟ MAINTAIN OUR GATEWAY TO

"THESE NEW PROJECTS WILL GIVE US THE ABILITY ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND TO CAPITALISE ON OUR POSITION AS THE CHINA.

CENTURY AS A GREAT THE WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT

"THEY WILL CARRY HONG KONG INTO THE 21ST INTERNATIONAL TRADING CENTRE AND ONE OF AND MODERN CITIES, HE SAID.

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FOR

ENGINEERS,

THE

PROJECTS WOULD PROVIDE HUGE PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION.

PLANNING PROFESSIONAL

AND

IMPLEMENTATION

CHALLENGES AND

OF THESE TREMENDOUS

"BUT ALL OF US, GOVERNMENT AND ENGINEERS ALIKE,

MUST REMEMBER

THAT DEVELOPMENT IS A HUMAN PROCESS.

"WE ARE TALKING NOT JUST OF POLICY DECISIONS CHALLENGES, BUT OF PRACTICAL BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,

SAID.

AND PROFESSIONAL

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THE GOVERNOR SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE PROGRESS,

SUCCESS, AND ECONOMIC TREMENDOUS SELF-CONFIDENCE.

GENERATIONS, OVER

HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO HAD GIVEN US

CHALLENGES

WAS ONE

KONG FACED WERK

BUT PROBLEMS DID EXIST, AND DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT

THAT HONG OF THEM. THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAUNTING.

FRAMEWORK OF LAWS

HE SAID.

"WE ARE WORKING HARD TO PUT IN PLACE A NEW THAT WILL PROVIDE GREATER PROTECTION FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT,

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SIR DAVID SAID, AND HOWEVER, NEW LAWS ALONE WERE NOT ENOUGH,

THE OUTLINED THE RANGE OF MAJOR ENGINEERING AND PLANNING STUDIES THAT

ON

OF ITS

TO TACKLE AS PART HAD STARTED GOVERNMENT

PROGRAMME

POLLUTION.

PROFESSIONAL

WORK OF NOTING THAT THE OVERALL GOVERNMENT HAD NOW EMBARKED OFFERED TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR

SIR DAVID SAID: "WE LOCAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION,

AND SKILL HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EVERY FIELD.

PROGRAMME

ON

SHALL

DEDICATION

WHICH THE THE

NEED THE IN ALMOST

YOU,

AND INTO

"WE HAVE SET A COURSE FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE LOOK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER PROFESSIONS, TO HELP US TURN THE VISION REALITY.'

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