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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

ANOTHER, CRUCIAL, ROLE WAS TO ENSURE THAT ADDITIONAL FACILITIES BECAME AVAILABLE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

NOW HAVE

"IN CARRYING OUT THIS TASK, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL THE ADVANTAGE OF ADVICE FROM THE PORT DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHICH STARTED WORK IN AUGUST, HE POINTED OUT.

THE ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE NEW PORT DEVELOPMENT SOME $55 BILLION AT CURRENT PRICES.

WAS

BUT, THE GOVERNOR SAID, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE EXPENDITURE WOULD BE COMMITTED IN PHASES, BETWEEN NOW AND

OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL VIABILITY 2006,

THE AND THAT EXPECTED TO INDUCE PRIVATE BUSINESS TO INVEST SOME 80 PER CENT OF FINANCE REQUIRED.

"THE POLICY IS TO PROVIDE NEW PORT CAPACITY AS SOON AS, SOONER THAN, IT IS REQUIRED.

THIS

YEAR

WAS

THE

BUT

NO

"THIS INCREMENTAL APPROACH MEANS THAT THE DETAILED PHASING SO THAT EXPENDITURE WILL BE SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS ADJUSTMENT, MATCHES THE CHANGING REQUIREMENTS OF THE ECONOMY,

OF

IT

SIR DAVID SAID.

MAJOR

A BETTER CITY TO LIVE IN BY END OF DECADE

IMPROVEMENTS

то

THE ENVIRONMENT ARE

WELL

WITHIN OUR

REACH, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BY THE END OF THE DECADE, HONG KONG'S HOSPITALS FEWER PATIENTS WITH LUNG DISEASE, AND THE AIR WE BREATHED CLEANER, SIR DAVID SAID.

WOULD HAVE WOULD BE

WITH THE WIDESPREAD USE OF UNLEADED PETROL AND THE REDUCTION IN COMPLAINTS THE NUMBER OF DIESEL-ENGINE VEHICLES, THERE WOULD BE FEWER ABOUT NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION,

BY "MORE PEOPLE WILL ENJOY A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, UNINTERRUPTED NOISE FROM PILE-DRIVERS, MACHINERY OR AIRCRAFT LANDING AND TAKING OFF.

"CLEANER BEACHES WILL ATTRACT MORE VISITORS. OUR COUNTRY PARKS WILL REMAIN INTACT, INCLUDING THOSE IN SAI KUNG, PAT SIN AND SOUTH AND WEST LANTAU, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS BIRD SANCTUARY MAI PO," HE SAID.

SHOULD HAVE THE

INFRASTRUCTURAL

THAN RATHER

SIR DAVID SAID EVEN OUR MASSIVE

IMPROVE CAPACITY TO ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY CROWDING AND BETTER URBAN PLANNING.

AT

DEVELOPMENTS

DAMAGE THE FOR LESS

OVER-

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