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of the World economy, the number of passengers expected to use Kai Tak airport will keep on rising substantially. If Hong Kong's tourist industry is to keep on expanding into the 21st twenty first century, we must take positive steps to plan for a new international airport as soon as feasible. [The construction of any new international airport in Hong Kong should not be financed solely by the Hong Kong Government. We should seek financial partici- pation from the private sector, as well as participation from Chinese Government financial institutions, which would naturally attract more long-term investment in other areas and strengthen long-term confidence in Hong Kong's future.Studies on the port and airport
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development strategy, the Metroplan, and the potential future use of Kai Tak airport
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proceeding apace, the question has to be adressed in the next twelve months or so as to whether Kai Tak will reach saturation point well before the end of the century. If the answer is in the affirmative, it would seem that Hong Kong has no better choice, or perhaps no other option at all than to go for a new international airport, and the sooner the better, since it
Even if takes eight years at least to build.
a decision could be made in principle to con- struct a new international
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airport within the
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next twelve months, construction work, with the inter-related massive infrastructural planning, could not proceed until the early nineties In this respect, we must plan for the future with vision, imagination, boldness and confi- dence in Hong Kong's economic future as a strong catalyst in China's modernisation and
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