Cathay Pacific welcomes policy address commitments given by Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR Donald Tsang
Cathay Pacific Airways today welcomed and strongly supports the vision expressed by Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, in his inaugural Policy Address, to “maintain Hong Kong’s vitality as Asia’s world city”.
The airline wholly supports Mr Tsang in his determination to enhance Hong Kong’s global position, strengthen bilateral ties with the Chinese Mainland and maintain a level playing for field Hong Kong enterprises to “grow in strength [and] world-class status”.
According to Mr. Tsang, the goal is to “strengthen [Hong Kong’s] interface in planning to perfect the infrastructural system in the Greater PRD [Pearl River Delta] region, to achieve full connectivity of air, sea and land transport among the cities in the region”.
Mr. Philip Chen, Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific, said: “Establishing the full connectivity of air services, as well as air to other modes of transportation, is essential for Hong Kong to strengthen its position a logistics centre, global hub for air traffic and the predominant gateway for business and tourism to the Mainland.”
He added: “As the home carrier of Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific supports the Government’s expansion of the Mainland and Hong Kong relationship for all related industries. This will be the key to the future of Hong Kong. We must seek better connectivity and market accessibility for all industries concerned.”
Cathay Pacific believes that all great cities are transportation hubs. In a world where travel is predominantly by air, the home airline industry plays a significant role in making Hong Kong a great city in the world.
The airline concurs with Mr Tsang that significant results have been achieved to develop cross-border infrastructure, environmental protection and facilitating people and cargo flows, and will do its best to support initiatives to further enhance these areas.
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