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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
5pm Wednesday 30/4
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Mr. Humphrey Atkins (Merton and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made by the Hong Kong Government with their plans for the construction of a tunnel between Hong Kong and the mainland.
5 May, 1969
Mr. Goronny Robert's
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The Hong Kong Government are prospective shareholders in a Limited Company known as the Cross Harbour Tunnel Company
to which they have awarded a franchise for the construction of
a tunnel between Hong Kong Island and the mainland. That Company, having recently reached agreement in principle with Lloyds Bank on the provision of loan finance, are now proceeding to detailed negotiations with a consortium led by Costain Civil Engineering Limited and hope that the Contract will be signed
this month.
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