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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991

NO COUNTDOWN TO NEW AIRPORT PROJECT CONSTRUCTION

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TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

NEW

THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, EMPHASISED THAT THERE IS NO COUNTDOWN TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPORT PROJECT.

SPEAKING ΤΟ REPORTERS

OFFICIATING AFTER

AT AN ANTI-DRUGS

PROJECTS.

CAMPAIGN IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN PLAZA, SIR DAVID SAID: "IF WE CANNOT FIND

A AGREEMENT THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE SOME SLIPPAGE IN THE

TO EMPHASISE THAT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN LIKE BUT I'D

THE POSTPONE

TENDERS FOR THE AIRPORT PLATFORM AND FOR THE BRIDGE, NOR ARE WE ON A COUNTDOWN TO THE 30TH OF JUNE,

ΤΟ DECISION

TSING MA

WHEN A ARB

"IN A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS, A FEW DAYS HERE OR THERE, PROJECT LASTING SIX-AND-A-HALF YEARS, IS NOT SIGNIFICANT. SO, WE NOT ON A COUNTDOWN TO THE 30TH OF JUNE," HE ADDED.

APPROPRIATE

OF THE CONTACTS TO GO ABLE

"WE WILL MAKE THE DECISION ON THOSE TENDERS AT THE TIME. IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHALL AWAIT THE OUTCOME WHICH ARE STILL CONTINUING AND WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE AHEAD. IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY YET WHETHER THOSE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL NOT," HE SAID.

"WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION. BOTH CLEARLY WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD WITH THE AIRPORT.

OR

SIDES

THAT WE GOVERNMENT

"IT'S VERY MUCH IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE A NEW AIRPORT, AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE CHINESE AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD. AND DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS ARE CONTINUING VIEW TO TRYING TO FIND A WAY FORWARD," SIR DAVID SAID.

WITH A

HONG KONG FULLY SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

AGAINST

DRUG

HONG KONG FULLY SUPPORTS THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT

AND INTENDS TO EXPAND FURTHER THE ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING

IN NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION TO PROVIDE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

THE OF

PROCEEDS OF DRUG THE

CONFISCATION AND INVESTIGATION

TRAFFICKING.

THE

FORD, SAID THIS TODAY MARK THE BEGINNING OF ABUSE AND THE ANNUAL TRAFFICKING AT THE COMMITTER

THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID (WEDNESDAY) WHEN SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY TO

AGAINST DRUG UNITED NATIONS DECADE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT I HONG KONG FIGHTS DRUGS' EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE ACTION AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN).

/SIR DAVID