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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1990

MR CHAN SAID THE CURRENT URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

YEARS, THE CONTRACTING

"FOR THE PAST THREE-AND-THREE-QUARTER PARTIES OF THE GEENRAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE HAVE BEEN SEEKING TO NEGOTIATE FOR GREATER LIBERALISATION OF WORLD TRADE, NOT ONLY IN GOODS BUT ALSO IN SERVICES, AND FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM," HE SAID.

THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE DUE TO BE CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER.

OF

"AS OF NOW THE TASK STILL LOOKS VERY DIFFICULT. SOME HAVE EVEN SAID IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONALLY, I AM STILL HOPEFUL, AND I BELIEVE NOT UNREALISTICALLY SO," HE SAID.

HE SAID THE REALISATION AMONG MOST PARTICIPANTS OF THEIR INCREASING ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE WAS STRONG, SO WAS THEIR RECOGNITION OF THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE.

"THESE ARE STRONG FORCES WHICH WILL PUSH THE URUGUAY ROUND TOWARDS BECOMING THE SUCCESS THAT IT HAS TO BE," HE SAID.

CHANGING THE FACE OF URBAN HONG KONG

MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

AND THE MATERIALISATION OF THE RELATION TO THE AIRPORT RELOCATION

MORE SIGNIFICANT METROPLAN, URBAN RENEWAL IS GOING TO ASSUME AN EVEN ROLE IN BRINGING ABOUT A TRANSFORMATION TO KONG.

THE URBAN AREA OF HONG

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, CLUB AT THE LIONS WHEN SPEAKING (WEDNESDAY) THIS TODAY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 ZONE II JOINT LUNCHEON MEETING.

SAID

ITS ROLE MR LAN REVIEWED THE URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS IN THE PAST,

OF THE ROLE

THE CITY AND NEW IN THE 1990'S, NEW INITIATIVES AND TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN THE PROCESS.

EFFORTS FROM THE "SLUM CLEARANCE SCHEME" AND THE REDEVELOPMENT

THE EARLY DAYS, OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HOUSING SOCIETY OF THE ROLE OF URBAN RENEWAL AS A WAY TO IMPROVE THE OBSOLETE URBAN HAD BECOME MORE IMPORTANT IN THE NINETIES, MR LAN NOTED.

ARBA

"THIS IS ESPECIALLY

TRUE

WHEN VIEWED FROM

THE STRATEGIC

PLANNING CONTEXT," HE SAID.

DEVELOP OUR NEW "WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION LAST YEAR TO

THE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, TOGETHER WITH WORKS, IT PROVIDES A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY AND IMPETUS TO RESTRUCTURE RATIONALISE OUR URBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

AND

/"IN ORDER