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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1991

HK IS ALL ABOUT GETTING THINGS DONE QUICKLY: GOVERNOR

IS

HONG

THAT KONG IS ALL ABOUT THINGS BEING DONE QUICKLY AND

SAID TODAY HY IT IS SO SUCCESSFUL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, (SATURDAY).

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING CELEBRATIONS TO MARK QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AT VICTORIA PARK, SIR DAVID SAID: "OVER THE NEXT

TALKING WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE YEARS, CHINA. WE REALLY DO BELIEVE IN THE IDEA OF GREATER THESE LAST FEW YEARS BEFORE 1997.

YOU'VE

GOT DOESN'T

A

ONE "THAT'S

SIDE OF IT. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, GOVERNMENT HERE WHICH TAKES DECISIONS, CAN GET ON WITH THINGS,

HE SAID. HAVE TO WAIT ENDLESSLY FOR DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN,

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AND

"WE WANT TO ACHIEVE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN DISCUSSING THINGS

DECISIONS IN HONG HAVING THE AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO GET ON WITH KONG," HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID SAID WHAT WAS NEEDED WAS A SENSIBLE ARRANGEMENT: "AND TELLING THEM THAT IS A WAY IN WHICH WE ARE TALKING TO CHINA; WE ARE

ΤΟ THEIR VIEWS ABOUT THINGS WHICH STRADDLE 1997; WE ARE LISTENING ABOUT IT; WE ARE TAKING ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHEREVER WE POSSIBLY CAN.

"BUT

OF

TAKE

ARRANGEMENTS

WE ALSO NEED ARRANGEMENTS BY WHICH WE CAN ACTUALLY DECISIONS IN HONG KONG. IT'S THAT SORT OF A BALANCE THAT ONE NEEDS TO ACHIEVE. HE ADDED.

ON THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK, THE GOVERNMENT STILL WANTED TO GET ON WITH THE PROJECT.

GOVERNOR

SAID THE

"WE BELIEVE THAT A NEW AIRPORT IS SOMETHING HONG KONG NEEDS AND INDEED, I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES ON THAT; AND I BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO THE CONCLUSION HAVE DONE REALLY SERIOUS WORK ON THE SUBJECT COME TO THAT CHEK LAP KOK IS THE RIGHT SITE BOTH FOR AN AIRPORT AND TO THE PORT, HE SAID.

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EXPAND

"IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP BOTH OF THOSE IN MIND. YOU COULD THINK BE SO GOOD FOR UP OTHER SITES FOR AN AIRPORT, BUT THEY WOULDN'T EXPANDING THE PORT AS WELL OVER THE LONG TERM.

"AND I THINK EVERYBODY WHO HAS DONE THE REALLY DETAILED WORK ON IN HONG AIRPORT DOES REALISE THAT CHEK LAP KOK IS THE BEST SITE KONG FOR IT," SIR DAVID SAID.

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