The rationalisation – even the end – of some existing subsidies must not be an excuse for the withdrawal of the state.
What separates us are only intellectual 'props' and' rationalisation 'in Freud's language.
There is a link between Hergé, this disappointing man, and his creation Tintin, who fights against despots so bravely. It lies in the rationalisation of impotence: a very European preoccupation.
There is also huge potential for rationalisation of ground handling, engineering, sales offices and so on.
Much of 1997 was spent in the detailed planning of the project, which includes overall rationalisation of the berths at Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi.
