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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1991

A:

GOVERNOR: POINTS.

THAT

SORT OF AIRPORT

AMOUNT OF

IN MY

DOWN IN BECOMES DIFFICULT TO PIN

AN WE HAVE GOT FACTUAL

LET ME PUT IT LIKE THIS. PROJECT AT THE

CONSIDERABLE MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE HAD A

OF THE PLANS. THAT IS NOT, PUBLIC

VIEW. CHINESE CRITICISM

AND ΤΟ HELPFUL TO GETTING THE AIRPORT BUILT EFFECTIVELY AND CHEAPLY

BY THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG, I WOULD FAR RATHER SEE AN UNDERSTANDING

THAT I THINK CHINA AND WITH CHINA OF THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE GOT.

DO WOULD HELP HONG KÔNG TO GET AHEAD WITH BUILDING AN AIRPORT AND TO

LET ME PUT THAT IN EVEN IT AS ECONOMICALLY, EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.

IF MORE SPECIFIC TERMS BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT GETS DOWN TO. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN SOMETHING LIKE AN AIRPORT, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS INEVITABLY WILL LOOK AT OVERALL POLITICAL CLIMATE FOR THEIR DECISION. IF THERE IS WORRY ABOUT BIDS CRITICAL COMMENT FROM CHINA ON THE AIRPORT, THEY WILL LOAD THEIR

KONG WITH A CERTAIN INSURANCE MARGIN AND THE COST OF THAT BID TO HONG WILL BE THAT MUCH GREATER. I DON'T THINK THAT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HONG

I BELIEVE IT IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF HONG KONG KONG. SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTANDING WITH CHINA OF OUR PLANS AND PRIVATE PARTICIPATION ON THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE COMMERCIAL TERMS.

Q:

THE

THAT WE

SECTOR

LISTENING TO YOUR PROBLEMS EXISTING HERE AND THOSE COMING, WONDERS IF YOU, YOURSELF, OR YOUR SUPERIOR WANT YOU TO BE HERE UP 1997. COULD YOU COMMENT?

ONE то

FORWARD HOW FOR

A:

GOVERNOR : WELL, THE SIMPLE, I AM AFRAID, AND STRAIGHT ANSWER IS THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I WILL SERVE IN HONG KONG. CAN I TAKE THAT FURTHER THAN THAT? SIMPLY TO SAY THAT HONG KONG ME IS THE MOST WORTHWHILE JOB THAT I COULD DO. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HONG KONG FOR NEARLY ALL MY LIFE, SINCE I WAS A STUDENT HERE IN THE EARLY 1960S, AND FOR AS LONG AS I AM ASKED TO DO THE JOB OF GOVERNOR AND FEEL THAT I CAN DO A USEFUL JOB I WILL TRY TO DO IT.

Q:

DO YOU ENJOY IT?

BEING WITH US WITH OUR OWN THANK YOU

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON FOR TODAY AND AS A MEMENTO A BOOK OF HONG KONG POSTCARDS POSTCARD ON THE COVER IN AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP DOWNSTAIRS. VERY MUCH.

GOVERNOR : THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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