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HONG KONG UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
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1. It was agreed last January that a letter should be sent
to the Governor seeking further information about this
project.
2*
Sir D Trench has now replied to Sir L Monson's letter
of 29 January. Copies of the Governor's letter have been
sent to the Treasury, DTI, ECGD, the Bank of England and the
ODA, and to the departments in the FCO interested in this
project.
3.
The DTI are in close touch with the British firms
interested in the project.
Those firms are at present doing
no more than maintain and if possible develop their commercial
contacts in the Colony.
is required at this stage.
The DTI agree that no other initiative
It is clear that it will be some
time yet before the Hong Kong Government are in a position to
assemble all the material required before a decision can be
taken whether to go ahead with the project or not.
27 May 1971
Copy to:
Mr Daunt
Ar Marshall, FPAD
Mr West, EPD Mr Morgan, FED
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Hong Kong Department
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