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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990

GOVT COMPLETES STUDY ON GORDON WU'S PROPOSALS ON PADS

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A DETAILED GOVERNMENT STUDY OF PROPOSALS MADE BY MR GORDON WU IN RELATION TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT HAS REVEALED A NUMBER OF DISADVANTAGES IN COMPARISON WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN STRATEGIC PLANS.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT MR WU'S PROPOSALS WERE SIMILAR TO ITS OWN PLANS IN SEVERAL IMPORTANT RESPECTS. THESE SIMILARITIES MAY BE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:

(A) THE RECOGNITION OF CHEK LAP KOK AS THE MOST SUITABLE

LOCATION FOR THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT;

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

WHERE SAID, THE PROJECTIONS NONETHELESS,

RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO PROVIDE FURTHER DEEP WATER BERTHS IN THE WESTERN HARBOUR AND PENNY'S BAY ON LANTAU;

RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR A WESTERN HARBOUR ROAD AND RAIL CONNECTION FROM HONG KONG ISLAND TO LANTAU;

THE DESIRABILITY OF PROVIDING A RING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ROAD AND RAIL SERVICES LINKING HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND LANTAU TO THE NEW AIRPORT, PORT AND METRO DEVELOPMENT; AND

THE DESIRABILITY OF ENHANCING THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SYSTEM TO EAST KOWLOON, NORTH WEST NEW TERRITORIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK.

THEY DIFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS, THE SPOKESMAN ABSENCE OF DETAILED TECHNICAL INFORMATION,

MADE ASSESSMENT FROM THE MATERIAL PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT HAS ITSELF THAT THE PROPOSALS HAVE THE FOLLOWING DISADVANTAGES:

AND PROGRAMMING HAS

FINANCIAL DIFFICULT. SATISFIED

(A) FAIL TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEED TO PROPERLY INTEGRATE THE

AIRPORT WITH OTHER OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLANS;

(B)

DO NOT MEET COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC NEEDS;

(C) FAIL TO TAKE ADEQUATE ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL IMPORTANT

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES;

(D)

ARE UNREALISTIC IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING;

(E) WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE AND FINANCIALLY LESS ROBUST AND LESS ATTRACTIVE TO PRIVATE SECTOR

(F)

(G)

PARTICIPATION;

WOULD PUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY STRATEGIC FACILITIES AT RISK BY PLACING THEM UNDER THE CONTROL OF A SINGLE PRIVATE SECTOR INTEREST; AND

WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

/CONCEPTUALLY, THE