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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991

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I HAVE TO NOTE

'EACH TING I MADE ONE OF THESE FINAL ADDRRESSES, RECORDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SET BY THIS COUNCIL," SIR DAVID SAID.

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RECORDED

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THE 1990/91 SESSION HAD

A TOTAL OF 156 A RECORD AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN THE LEGCO CHAMBER HOURS WHICH WAS ABOUT 40 HOURS LONGER THAN ANY PREVIOUS RECORD.

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"AND I WILL LEAVE IT TO MEMBERS HOW THEY EVALUATE THAT SORT

OF

RECORD.

BUT THERE WAS ONE OTHER SORT OF RECORD WHICH MEMBERS COULD LOOK A RECORD NUMBER AT WITH UNALLOYED PRIDE, SIR DAVID SAID, AND THAT WAS

123 BILLS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF COMPLEX BILLS AND OF BILLS PASSED IMPORTANT PIECES OF REFORMING LEGISLATION.

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DEPUTY

HE ALSO WISHED THE HON JOHN SWAINE WHOM HE APPOINTED AS

SITTING IN PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT LEGCO SESSION, EVERY GOOD FORTUNE THE CHAIRMAN'S CHAIR.

"I SHALL SIT HERE OCCASIONALLY MYSELF AND ALTHOUGH I SHALL MISS COUNCIL THE LATE NIGHT NOODLES I WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE MEMBERS OF THE

PAY A THAT WHETHER I AM HERE PERSONALLY OR NOT, I SHALL CONTINUE TO

COUNCIL, GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THIS SIR DAVID SAID.

PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT TABLED

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DESPITE

UNCERTAINTIES, EARLIER

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THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY (PAA) HAD HAD A PRODUCTIVE YEAR AND COULD LOOK FORWARD TO FAR MORE ACTIVE SECOND YEAR.

THE

JACOBS, SAID THIS THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN TABLING THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS OF PAA FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1991 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

APRIL COVERING THE PERIOD FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAA IN

THE REPORT NOTED THAT THE LAST YEAR TO THE END OF MARCH THIS YEAR,

DETERMINING THE SHAPE OF THE PAA HAD TAKEN FUNDAMENTAL AIRPORT IN THE PAST YEAR.

DECISIONS

ENGINEERING

то APPROACH

THE IS ABOUT

"IT HAS DETERMINED THE OVERALL FORMATION OF THE AIRPORT PLATFORM WHICH, AT 1,270 HECTARES,

++ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID. THE SIZE OF THE KOWLOON PENINSULA,

"IT HAS ALSO DETERMINED THE LENGTH TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS,' HE ADDED.

AND DISTANCE BETWEEN

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YEAR FORM

MEANWHILE, WORK HAD COMMENCED ON SITE SINCE FEBRUARY THIS WITH THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY'S FIRST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT 30 HECTARES OF LAND FOR AN ADVANCE WORKS AREA ON NORTH CHEK LAP KOK.

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