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"NOT ALL OF THE PROJECTS WILL BE GOVERNMENT FUNDED. AS AT PRESENT, THERE WILL BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIRECT PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING MANY OF THE FACILITIES. IT IS THIS CLOSE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CO-OPERATION WHICH HAS TRADITIONALLY PROVIDED HONG KONG WITH ITS GREAT EFFICIENCY."

MR KWOK ADDED THAT THERE WERE ALSO AMBITIOUS PROGRAMMES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INCLUDING RESEWERING URBAN AREAS AND UPGRADING OUTFALL CAPACITIES AND TREATMENT AS WELL AS FOR WATER SUPPLIES.

HE ADDED THAT CHINA HAD ALREADY STARTED WORK ON THE LONG TERM KONG WATER SUPPLIES PROJECT, FURTHER INDICATING CHINA'S SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG'S FUTURE.

HONG

PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT TO BENEFIT HK AND CHINA

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CHINA TO SEE THAT THE NEW AIRPORT AND

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

CRITICAL IS

TO HONG KONG'S

AND PROSPERITY

AND LANDS, MR STABILITY, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN LONDON YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).

PORT

ENVIRONMENT

CONSTRUCTION,

FROM THE MR

FIELDS BARNES

OF CIVIL

SAID THE

AND WAS

SPEAKING TO A HIGH POWER AUDIENCE

PORT AND AIRPORT ENGINEERING,

BOTH HONG KONG AS WELL AS CHINA PROJECT WOULD BENEFIT THEREFORE CONSISTENT WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION.

TERRITORY MILLION TONNES MAKING HONG KONG THE

HE FIRST OUTLINED THE GEOGRAPHICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE IN THE PACIFIC RIM, POINTING OUT THAT A TOTAL OF 85.4 OF CARGO WERE HANDLED BY HONG KONG LAST YEAR, BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT IN THE WORLD.

"WE ESTIMATE THE TOTAL VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN PORT TO ABOUT 450 MILLION TONNES IN 2011," HE SAID.

GO UP TO

EXPLAINED

TURNING TO THE SURGING TRAFFIC AT KAI TAK, MR BARNES

AIR TRAVEL THAT THIS WAS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE WORLDWIDE INCREASE IN

OF

KONG'S HONG

FUNCTION AS AND PARTLY BECAUSE

A

AND COMMERCIAL TO AN INCREASINGLY FINANCIAL CENTRE AND ITS BEING THE GATEWAY

OPEN

CHINA.

15.3 MILLION PASSENGERS. IT IS FORECAST 2010," HE SAID.

"BETWEEN 1987 AND 1988, AIR TRAFFIC ROSE 21 PER CENT

TO RISE TO

TO REACH 47 MILLION BY

/MR BARNES

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