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THURSDAY, JUNE 21,

JUNE 21, 1990

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GOVERNOR VISITS CHEK LAP KOK AND HARBOUR HYDRAULICS LAB

(THURSDAY)

VISITED

THE

AND THE HARBOUR HYDRAULICS

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY SITE OF THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK LABORATORY IN TUEN MUN.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK, AND THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES, DR EDWARD BRAND.

PROGRAMME SINCE

FOR THE

AT CHEK LAP KOK THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE

AND PROGRESS MADE NEW AIRPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED LAST OCTOBER.

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE

PROGRESS

ACHIEVED

TO DATE.

SITE "THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CHEK LAP KOK

THEN HAVE CLEARLY OTHER DETAILED STUDIES UNDERTAKEN SINCE EXCELLENT DATA FOR THE DESIGN OF THE NEW AIRPORT. THIS GETTING THE PROGRAMME CARRIED THROUGH ON TIME," HE SAID.

THE FOR

WILL

AND THE PROVIDED

HELP IN

EXPLAINED ΤΟ SIR AIRPORT HAS BEEN

CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF DAVID HOW THE PLANNED TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST RUNWAY WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN 1997.

IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME

GOVERNOR THE

WAS

ALSO

TOLD

THAT

THE

FOR THE

HAS

PROGRAMME GEOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE NORTH LANTAU AND THE SURROUNDING SEABED

INFORMATION ON THE UNFAMILIAR ENGINEERS PROVIDED

GEOLOGY OF LANTAU.

VALUABLE WITH

HYDRAULICS

THE GOVERNOR THEN INSPECTED THE HARBOUR IN TUEN MUN, AND WAS SHOWN THE PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE HARBOUR THE DETAILED DESIGN OF PROPOSED RECLAMATIONS AND BREAKWATERS.

LABORATORY USED IN

WORKS

HE WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE $30 MILLION CIVIL ENGINEERING

THE GOVERNMENT'S PORT TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANS.

TT

KONG, THE "WE HAVE ENTERED A NEW ERA OF DEVELOPMENT FOR HONG

IT GOVERNOR SAID. "WE MUST MAKE SURE HONG KONG HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE

MANUFACTURING AND NEEDS TO REMAIN A MAJOR CENTRE FOR FINANCE, TRADE, TOURISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

"UP TO NOW WORK ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAS LARGELY BEEN CARRIED ON BEHIND THE SCENES.

PORT

WILL BE ABLE TO SER FOR THESE TO IMPLEMENTING

"THIS WILL

THAT

CHANGE. SOON WE ARE

FIRMLY

PEOPLE

COMMITTED

THEMSELVES PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY AND ON SCHEDULE."

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