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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1990

CHINESE CO-OPERATION NEEDED IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

AND

HONG KONG AND CHINA SHOULD TAKE ALL THE STEPS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK

THE AIRPORT ΤΟ BE BUILT BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AT SHENZHEN WILL BE OPERATIONALLY COMPATIBLY, THE HON J.D. MCGREGOR, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN THE BUDGET DEBATE, HE SAID THE SAME CONSIDERATION BE APPLIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S NEW PORT

SHOULD FACILITIES.

NOTING THAT THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF LABOURERS REQUIRED FOR

CONNECTED THE AIRPORT, PORT AND

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD NEVER BE MET FROM LOCAL RESOURCES, MR MCGREGOR SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM CHINA.

HE SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT START SORTING OUT THIS PROBLEM NOW WITH THE IDEA IN MIND THAT CONTRACTORS ON MAJOR PROJECTS THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BRING IN CONTRACT LABOUR FROM CHINA JUST AS BRING IN TECHNICIANS AND OTHER SKILLED STAFF FROM ELSEWHERE.

MR MCGREGOR SAID MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG REALISED THAT IN YEARS AHEAD THE ENORMOUS COST OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD NEED NO MATTER MEANS OF PAYING FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR COSTS INVOLVED, SUCCESSFULLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.

THE

NEW

HOW

"IT IS A DAUNTING TASK AND WILL NEED IMAGINATIVE AND

GREAT

INNOVATIVE THINKING AND A

DEAL OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN FINDING THE ANSWERS.

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HE ADDED THAT MUCH WOULD DEPEND ON CHINA AND THE CHINESE SECTOR GOVERNMENT'S WILLINGNESS TO RECOGNISE THAT THE HUGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT INVOLVED IN OUR

DEVELOPMENT DURING THE DECADE OF THE 90'S, WOULD NEED AN APPROPRIATELY HIGH LEVEL OF BUSINESS CONFIDENCE.

INFRASTRUCTURAL

HE SAID: "THIS CAN ONLY BE SECURED IN A

AND FRIENDLY CO-OPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT. THIS IN TURN, WILL NEED DETAILED EXCHANGE OF ΤΟ SEE HOW BEST INFORMATION AND VIEWS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA,

THE FACT INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROCEED ESPECIALLY GIVEN

ACTIVITIES THAT MUCH OF IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO TRADING AND TOURISM BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.

"

AN OLD

MR MCGREGOR REITERATED A CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

AND WOMEN WHICH AGE PENSION AT AGE 65 FOR BOTH MEN

SHOULD NOT BE PERSON WITH MEANS TESTED AND SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW A RETIRED NO OTHER INCOME TO, AT LEAST, KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.

HE ALSO APPEALED TO TRANSPORT CITIZENS WITH PREFERENTIAL TRAVEL.

SYSTEMS ΤΟ

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