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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

GOVERNMENT STILL AWAITING RESPONSE FROM CHINA: GOVERNOR

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (TUESDAY) THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD INFORMED THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAT IT WELCOMED A MEETING OF EXPERTS FROM BOTH SIDES ON THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECT AT CHEK LAP KOK, BUT THAT WE WERE STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING AN OMELCO DINNER WITH THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, LORD

THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT THE RESPONSE WOULD CAITHNESS, POSITIVE.

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"WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, WE'VE SAID TO THE CHINESE WE WOULD WELCOME A MEETING BETWEEN THEIR EXPERTS AND OURS, AND WE'VE SAID THAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO COME DOWN HERE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THE GROUND WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO," SIR DAVID SAID.

"THAT IS THE BEST WAY; YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK AT CHEK LAP KOK; YOU CAN LOOK AT LANTAU; YOU CAN SEE WHERE

THE WE'RE PUTTING BRIDGE," HE SAID.

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"WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO EXPLAIN TO EXPERTS FROM PEKING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING; WHAT OUR PLANS ARE; RUN THEM.

THEM PLANS SAID.

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"IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEN OF COURSE WE CAN ANSWER WHAT THE BECAUSE IT IS FAR BETTER TO COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF

SIR ARE RATHER THAN TO LOOK AT IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER,'

DAVID

MINISTER VISITS TSBUNG KWAN O AND NEW UNIVERSITY SITE

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THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, LORD CAITHNESS, TODAY (TUESDAY) HAD A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE HARBOUR ON HIS WAY TO VISIT HONG KONG'S LATEST NEW TOWN IN TSEUNG KWAN 0.

FROM A VANTAGE POSITION IN NORTH POINT, LORD CAITHNESS HAD A

TAK VIEW OF TWO OF THE BUSIEST AREAS IN HONG KONG: KAI FULL

AIRPORT WHICH HANDLES MORE THAN 15 MILLION PASSENGERS AND NEARLY 700,000 TONNES OF FREIGHT EACH YEAR; AND KWUN TONG, A BUSY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

TRAVELING ALONG THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR, THE MINISTER THROUGH HONG KONG'S SECOND CROSS-HARBOUR LINK, THE EASTERN CROSSING (EHC) TO KOWLOON.

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HARBOUR

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