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5. TO RESPOND TO DENG'S CALL FOR THE ACCELERATION OF ECONOMIC REFORM, ZHAO PLANNED TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATIONS, POWER SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE MUNICIPALITY:
THE RAILWAY BETWEEN PEKING AND WUHAN WOULD BE UPGRADED:
- A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WOULD BE COMMISSIONED BEFORE THE END OF 1993, ENABLING DAILY SCHEDULED FLIGHTS TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND WUHAN (INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT FOUR CHARTER
FLIGHTS A WEEK):
- WUHAN'S STATUS AS A FINANCIAL CENTRE WOULD BE IMPROVED
AND, IN DUE COURSE, ONCE SUFFICIENT EDUCATION WORK HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT, WUHAN COULD HAVE ITS OWN STOCK EXCHANGE: AND
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TERTIARY INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS REAL ESTATE AND TOURISM, WOULD BE
DEVELOPED FURTHER.
6. ZHAO SAID THAT THE ECONOMIC REFORM PROGRAMMES WERE VERY POPULAR WITH THE CHINESE PEOPLE. OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, THEY HAD ALL BENEFITED FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THEIR QUALITY OF
LIFE. WHOEVER OPPOSED THIS TREND 'WOULD GO DOWN'.
7. IN RESPONSE TO ZHAO'S INVITATION TO VISIT WUHAN, I SAID THAT ONCE I HAD MADE MY FIRST VISIT TO PEKING AS THE GOVERNOR OF HONG
KONG I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO VISIT OTHER CITIES IN CHINA. I
WOULD ALSO BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE ZHAO DURING HIS FUTURE VISITS TO
HONG KONG AND TO HEAR HOW THE 'HONG KONG PLUS PLUS' AND OTHER
PROJECTS WERE GOING.
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