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The '''Port and Airport Development Strategy''' ('''PADS''') ({{Lang-zh|t=港口及機場發展策略}}) is an infrastructure project in [[Hong Kong]]. It is better known as the '''Rose Garden Project''' ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|玫瑰園計劃}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=玫瑰園計劃 {{!}} 每日一詞 {{!}} 文化精華 |url=https://www.ourchinastory.com/zh/4303 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=當代中國}}</ref>

==Background==
In the early 1980s, the [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]] already foresaw the incapability of the existing [[airport]] and [[Port|container port]] to keep up with the growth of Hong Kong. The [[blueprint]]s for the new airport and container port had already been drawn. However, the government decided to postpone the plan owing to the uncertainty of Hong Kong's future.

After the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests|Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]], the government reproposed the plan in order to restore [[confidence]] among Hong Kong's populace.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-03-28 |title=後六四香港：玫瑰園救港人信心，備忘錄破西方圍堵 |url=https://medium.com/recall-hk/p64-846473b112df |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=recall-hk |language=en}}</ref> It presented a rosy picture for the future to the [[Hongkongers|Hong Kong people]] in order to halt the wave of [[emigration]].

==Infrastructure==
* [[Airport Core Programme]] (ACP) in North [[Lantau]]
* New container ports in [[Kwai Chung]], [[Stonecutters Island]], [[Tsing Yi|Tsing Yi Island]] and East Lantau (plans for the East Lantau port were later abandoned)
* Railways
* Highways

==Politics==
The government of [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) cast a great concern in the project for fear that the British would withdraw the [[monetary reserve]] of Hong Kong to [[United Kingdom|Britain]] before the [[reunification]] with [[China]] 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-11 |title=當年千億玫瑰園計劃搞什麼？ 奠定香港發展基石 |url=https://www.bastillepost.com/hongkong/article/3550015/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=www.bastillepost.com}}</ref> There was a lengthy series of conferences on the matter. Some Chinese officials also urged a downscaling of the project such as building one [[runway]] at the airport instead of two.
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