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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4,

1994

5.

STRUCTURE FOR THE AIRPORT

AND

FOLLOWING IS THE DEBT/EQUITY

AIRPORT RAILWAY:

EQUITY *

DEBT *

AIRPORT

.$36.6 BILLION

$11.6 BILLION

AIRPORT RAILWAY

$23.7 BILLION

TOTAL

$60.3 BILLION

$11.4 BILLION

$23 BILLION

(* ALL FIGURES IN MONEY OF THE DAY)

0

CIVIL SERVANTS' LOYALTY

-

HK'S INHERENT STRENGTH

THE

QUALITY STRENGTHS

AND

OF

LOYALTY OF CIVIL SERVANTS

INHERENT

HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG LONDON, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

IS

ONE OF COMMISSIONER

THE

IN

CONFERRED

SCIENCE AND

THE FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY WAS SPEAKING AFTER BEING HONORARY

THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY

AN

TECHNOLOGY.

DEGREE BY

OF

TO OUR

"LOYALTY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE MEANS NOT ONLY LOYALTY COLLEAGUES BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHOM WE SERVE AND ALSO, TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OF WHICH WE ARE A PART.

BOUND BY

"IT EXTENDS TO COLLEAGUES SENIOR AND JUNIOR WHO ARE THE COMMON PURPOSE OF DOING THEIR BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

"IT

OF

IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE COHESION OF THE GOVERNMENT. LACK IT WOULD LEAD TO FACTIONALISM, UNCERTAINTY, AND ULTIMATELY A BREAKDOWN IN THE ADMINISTRATION AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.

-

NOTING THAT LOYALTY CANNOT BE TRIMMED TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE MOMENT, HE SAID: "IT SHOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED.

IF

OF

IT IS THE GLUE WHICH HOLDS TOGETHER A WORKING TEAM, AND INDEED ANY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, SIR DAVID SAID.

A FAMILY

HAVING BEEN AWAY FROM HONG KONG FOR NEARLY A YEAR, SIR DAVID IS INTENSELY AWARE HOW MUCH HONG KONG'S QUALITIES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF

ITS SUCCESS.

SIR DAVID SAID THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND SYMBOLIC OF ALL THAT WAS GREAT ABOUT HONG KONG.

TECHNOLOGY

WAS

"A TREMENDOUS WILL TO GET THINGS DONE, A BELIEF IN THE VALUE OF EXCELLENCE, THE COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC-SPIRITED PEOPLE IN BUSINESS AND THE PROFESSIONS, TO MAKE A PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG;

/"AND ABOVE