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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1993

THE GOVERNOR, HE SAID, WILL CONSULT THE BEFORE PUTTING THEM TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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COUNCIL

KONG WAS OPEN, UP то THE COUNCIL ΤΟ

NOTING THAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN HONG CLEAR AND WELL-TRIED, MR PO SAID IT WOULD BE DECIDE WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE PACKAGE, TO AMEND IT, OR TO REJECT IT.

FOR THIS REASON, HE APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC то EXPRESS VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.

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"YOUR PARTICIPATION WILL CERTAINLY BE PROPITIOUS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MORE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM, AND WILL GUARANTEE OUR FUTURE STABILITY AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS, MR PO SAID.

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WHO HAD

MR PO ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DISTRICT PERSONALITIES GENEROUSLY SPONSORED MANY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES FOR THE LUNAR YEAR.

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HIGH STANDARDS OF BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE ASSURED

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THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, CURRENTLY ON A DUTY VISIT TO EUROPE, WAS ASSURED BY LEADING BRITISH CONTRACTORS WORKING ON THE TSING MA BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE THAT THEIR WORK WOULD BE "VERY WELL EXECUTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS"

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"HONG KONG CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE WORK IS IN VERY PROFESSIONAL HANDS. WE SET GREAT STORE BY THIS PROJECT WHICH WE ARE SURE WILL BE A SUCCESS," SAID MR RICHARD COVILL, COMMERCIAL MANAGER, DAVY INTERNATIONAL, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BRITISH CONGLOMERATE TRAFALGAR HOUSE

A LEADING MEMBER OF THE ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSORTIUM WHICH WON THE CONTRACT TO BUILD THE BRIDGE.

MR BLAKE, WHO WAS IN SHEFFIELD YESTERDAY AT THE END OF A TWO- DAY VISIT TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, TOURED THE DAVY INTERNATIONAL PLANT WHERE HE SAW THE TOWER SADDLES, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS ΤΟ SUPPORT THE SUSPENSION CABLES FOR THE TSING MA BRIDGE, BEING MANUFACTURED.

HE TOLD SENIOR STAFF AT THE PLANT THAT THE JOB WAS HUGELY CHALLENGING AND HE WAS SURE THAT THEIR PROFESSIONAL PRIDE WOULD BE IN EVIDENCE IN WHATEVER THEY DID.

THE BRIDGE WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT AND WAS VITAL FOR THE ECONOMIC WELL BEING OF HONG KONG. IT WOULD BE LOCATED IN WHAT COULD BE CALLED THE HUB OF ASIA AND WOULD OPEN UP THE WHOLE OF SOUTHERN CHINA, HE SAID.

"WE WILL SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE CAN PUT THIS PROJECT IN. PLACE AND IN DOING SO OPEN THE WHOLE OF SOUTHERN CHINA TO PORT AND AIRPORT FACILITIES THAT WOULD BE UNSURPASSED," HE SAID.

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