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1. It's almost time to go: Wu

1. It's almost time to go: Wu
Keith Wallis, The Standard 14 April 2003

Gordon Wu, the chairman of the Port and Maritime Board and feisty arch-advocate of more and better infrastructure links with the Pearl River Delta, says the time is nearing when he will step aside and retire.

Wu, 67, has already handed over the day-to-day running of Hopewell Holdings to his son Thomas and says he will take the final step ``probably in a couple of years''.

``There are two options - fast women and slow horses,'' Wu joked as he looked beyond full-time work.

Until then though he will keep battling officialdom with his pet projects - a Pearl River bridge between Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai, and a bridge and tunnel link between Tuen Mun and Chek Lap Kok airport. ``We have a very nice airport. Are we taking good advantage of the airport? I don't think so,'' he says. ``If you look at the access, how do we access Chek Lap Kok? We access it via a cul-de-sac. It's a dead-end street. My concept is very simple. Make Hong Kong a logistics centre, so that a lot of the suppliers vying for the Chinese market are stationed here to take advantage of the duty-free status.''