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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1991
WHEN ASKED ABOUT COMMENTS THAT HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE FULL DEMOCRACY NOW, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "IT'S BEEN MUCH ARGUED HERE,
THAT, FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS ON IT. THE CONCLUSIONS THAT WE CAME TO WERE THAT WE WOULD MAKE THIS MAJOR STEP THIS YEAR TO DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS TO A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHO ARE ELECTED.
"THERE ARE SOME WHO WOULD WANT TO GO FASTER THÁN THAT AND THERE ARE SOME WHO SAY THAT'S GOING TOO FAST. WE'RE GOING TO PROGRESSIVELY EXPAND THE NUMBER WHO ARE ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND
AND WE INTEND TO TRY TO MAKE A REAL SUCCESS OF IT, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HK'S AIRPORT/PORT PROJECTS OFFER EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD,
TOLD THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JAPAN TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT HONG KONG'S NEW INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS OFFER EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF JAPAN/HONG KONG SOCIETY DURING HIS SECOND-DAY VISIT TO JAPAN, SIR DAVID SAID HONG KONG IS SET ON MAXIMISING THE PRIVATE SECTOR INPUT INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
APART FROM THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT, SIR DAVID SAIB THERE WAS TREMENDOUS SCOPE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL THE EXCITING PROJECTS, AND THERE WOULD BE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES IN RELATION TO THE SUPPLY OF SERVICES, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT,
"LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HONG KONG OPERATES THE PROVERBIAL
'LEVEL PLAYING FIELD'.
"NO COUNTRY, WHETHER IT BE HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE 19 GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN THE CONSIDERATION AND AWARD OF CONTRACTS.
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"FREE, OPEN AND FAIR COMPETITION HAS BEEN, AND WILL CONTINUE, A FUNDAMENTAL POLICY, AND IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR CONTINUING SUCckss
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IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
SIR DAVID ALSO PROJECTS TO HIS AUDIENCE.
OUTLINED SOME OF THE KEY AIRPORT AND PORT
HE STRESSED THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANS WERE BASED ON A CLEAR AND PRAGMATIC VISION OF WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR HONG KONG
KONG TO to FLOURISH AS A MANUFACTURER, AS AN ENTREPOT AND AS A MAJOR FINANCIAL AND SERVICES CENTRE IN THE DYNAMIC ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
"ALL THESE PLANS ARE NOT JUST PIPE-DREAMS AND ACHIEVABLE, HE SAID.
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