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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990

TALL BUILDINGS ARE VITAL COMPONENTS TO GREAT CITY: GOVERNOR

THE TALL BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG ARE VITAL WORKING COMPONENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE OF A GREAT HARBOUR-CITY, AND THEY WORK WELL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TONIGHT (THURSDAY).

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SPEAKING AT THE BANQUET OF THE FOURTH WORLD CONGRESS ON TALL BUILDINGS, SIR DAVID SAID: "THAT, AND NOT THEIR HEIGHT, IS THEIR REAL CLAIM TO RECOGNITION.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SAME STANDARDS WOULD HAVE ΤΟ APPLY TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF YET TALLER BUILDINGS WHICH WERE GOING TO BE BUILT OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

"THEY WILL HAVE ΤΟ WORK STILL MORE EFFICIENTLY; MORE ECONOMICALLY; MORE INTELLIGENTLY'. ALL THIS BECAUSE THE DEMANDS ON SPACE IN HONG KONG, AND THE USE OF THAT SPACE, WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, HE SAID.

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"So TOO WILL THE DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES THAT HONG KONG PROVIDES," HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR SAID TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES HONG KONG'S FOR PROFESSIONALS WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE TO TRY OUT NEW IDEAS AND LOOK NEW SOLUTIONS: "THEY HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES GOOD AT THIS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THE VIEW FROM HIS STUDY IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE DEMONSTRATED THIS. "FROM MY WINDOW I CAN SEE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, HE SAID.

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NOTING THAT SOME PEOPLE DOUBTED HONG KONG'S ABILITY TO FULFIL ITS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, SIR DAVID SAID: "BUT CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED SO FAR."

"IN 1970 OVER 80 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S POPULATION LIVED ON THE HONG KONG ISLAND OR IN CROWDED KOWLOON, MANY IN WOODEN SHACKS ON HILLSIDES. THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE LARGELY UNDEVELOPED, HE SAID.

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THOSE SAME NEW TERRITORIES ARE HOME TO TWO AND MILLION PEOPLE, 40 PER CENT OF OUR POPULATION, HOUSED TOWNS ENJOYING ALL THE AMENITIES OF MODERN LIFE, HE ADDED.

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THE GOVERNOR SAID VISITORS WHO WALKED AROUND ONE OF THE

HAVE A CHANCE NOT ONLY TO SEE THE TALL BUILDINGS TOWNS WOULD WERE SUCH A MARKED FEATURE OF THESE NEW TOWNS, BUT ALSO TO GET A FOR THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WHICH EXISTED THERE.

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