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Well, imagine what Hong Kong would be like today without
that "gamble". Picture the roads clogged solid with cars and buses; imagine the environmental damage that the traffic pollution would have caused; think for a moment about how impossible it would have been to
house people in our new towns.
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There were doubts even at the end of the last century about another project Nathan Road. People then argued that no-one would ever travel along Nathan Road because it led to nowhere, but the paddy fields of Yau Ma Tei and Sham Shui Po. Later the Doubting Thomas's
were in business again on plans for the first Cross-Harbour Tunnel.
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But as we now know, Hong Kong's success has been built on
the foundations of such visionary projects as the MTR, and the cross harbour tunnels. If we had not turned such visions into reality, Hong Kong would not be what it is today, nor would it be poised for the growth of the coming years.
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Now the vision is a new airport to take us into the next century, served by a railway, new highways and a third harbour tunnel. These road and rail facilities will provide the fast road and rail transport needed by a modern airport operating round-the-clock. The signing of the Sino-British Memorandum of Understanding has already clearly increased confidence, manifested in a high level of activity in the stock market and business generally.
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