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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994

J

INTO SPLIT

IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITION, CT9 WAS BERTHS FOR HIT AND MTL, AND TWO BERTHS FOR THE TSING YI CONSORTIUM.

TWO

THE 1992/93 LAND THE GRANT OF LAND FOR CT9 WAS INCLUDED IN SALES PROGRAMME, APPROVED BY THE LAND COMMISSION IN MARCH 1992.

SUBSEQUENTLY, LATER IN PROJECT ON THE BASIS THAT IT WAS THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

THE

ANNOUNCEMENT THAT

UP HELD

THE 1992, THE CHINESE SIDE A FRANCHISE REQUIRING CONSULTATION IN

NEGOTIATIONS WOULD CONSORTIA CONCERNED WAS MADE IN NOVEMBER 1992.

"IN

PROCEED WITH

THE

CT9, FINANCIAL

THE

THE

CONSIDERING WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE

FULL GOVERNMENT

ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANIES' HAS TAKEN VIABILITY, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING CONTAINER TERMINALS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THEIR PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING AND MANAGING THE TERMINAL.

NEW

"THE CONSORTIA OF COMPANIES CHOSEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP H HE OPERATE THE FOUR BERTHS AT CT9 FULLY SATISFY THESE CRITERIA, EMPHASISED.

AND

SIR HAMISH CONTAINER BUSINESS.

SAID

THE CONSORTIA HAD

VAST

IN EXPERIENCE

THE

OPERATORS IN THE SEALAND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTAINER

HANDLING EXPERIENCE, WORLD. JARDINES ALSO HAS EXTENSIVE CONTAINER ALTHOUGH ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF CT9 WILL MAINLY TO ADMINISTRATION AND MARKETING," HE ADDED.

RELATE

THAT

SIR HAMISH SAID IT WAS NOW VITAL FOR HONG KONG'S ECONOMY THE CHINESE SIDE SHOULD CONSIDER THE PROJECT ON ITS MERITS AND ENDORSE

WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. IT SO THAT WORK COULD GET UNDER WAY PROJECT WAS ALREADY ABOUT 18 MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE, HE ADDED.

THE

THE

EXCO ENDORSES SAHR RECOMMENDATIONS

* * *

DRAWN

ON

UP BY THE COMMITTEE 22 RECOMMENDATIONS

HAVE BEEN ENDORSED SCIENTIFICALLY ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION (SAHR)

AND WELFARE BY THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH MRS SHELLEY LAU ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE THIS FOLLOWS A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE CARRIED OUT BY

COMMUNITY ON THE OF THE VIEWS GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR TO ASSESS

THE

IN AFTER EXAMINING

PRACTICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMITTEE'S

SEVERAL OVERSEAS COUNTRIES.

OF THE

DETAILS EXPLAIN SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO RECOMMENDATIONS, MRS LAU STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON SAHR WAS VALUE-NEUTRAL AND WOULD DEFER TO COMMUNITY VIEWS.

THE

'WE WILL SEEK TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH SAHR COULD BE SAFELY PRACTISED SO THAT RIGHTS OF BOTH PARENTS AND CHILDREN BORN OF SAHR PROCEDURE PROTECTED, SHE SAID.

COULD BE

/MRS LAU