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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991

"WHEN ALL THESE ARE PROVIDED, THERE WILL BE A COMPLETE CIRCULAR LOOP LINKING HONG KONG ISLAND, LANTAU AND THE NEW TERRITORIES MAINLAND, MR LEUNG SAID.

"THIS ROAD AND RAIL NETWORK HAS BEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH WILL CONCENTRATE IN THE NORTHWEST NEW TERRITORIES, LANTAU, WEST KOWLOON AND WESTERN HONG KONG ISLAND, WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE ACCESS WELL INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CENTURY, HE ADDED.

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HK WELCOMES INT'L PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

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HONG KONG WARMLY WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN ALL' ASPECTS OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: AND THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WILL BE NO EXCEPTION, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.

IN HER REMARKS MADE AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA FOR CANADIAN PARTICIPANTS AT THE APEX '91 HONG KONG, MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S PARAMOUNT CONCERN HAD BEEN, AND WOULD CONTINUE ΤΟ BE ΤΟ SELECT THOSE WHOM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED WOULD DO THE JOB BEST, ON TIME, AND WITHIN A REASONABLE BUDGET.

"IN THIS REGARD I THINK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S TRACK RECORD IN THE AWARD OF MAJOR CONTRACTS SPEAKS FOR SAID.

ITSELF, SHE

MRS CHAN NOTED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BENEFITTING FROM CANADIAN EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THE OF NEW AIRPORT FACILITIES.

WAS ALREADY DEVELOPMENT

A LEADING CANADIAN CONSULTANCY FIRM, MARSHALL MACKLIN MONAGHAN, WAS CURRENTLY ASSISTING FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, WARDLEY CAPITAL LIMITED, IN ADVISING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON WAYS OF OPTIMISING THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE NEW AIRPORT, MRS CHAN ADDED.

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