CONFIDENTIAL
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~RX 5/12 (1972)
Mr Stuart
Mr Youce
Draft to issue.
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HONG KONG AID: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL KADAR SIMULATOR
1. Following up the talks on possible aid projects when the
Secretary of State was in Hong Kong in February 1972,
Mr Haddon-Cave wrote on 17 August 1972 proposing two specific
The priority request was for around £950,000 to be
projects.
spent on the construction and equipment of the Polytechnic
library, and the second £150-200,000 for an air traffic control
radar simulator (ATCRS). These projects were in addition to
£400,000 already committed for equipment of the technical
institutes.
2. In putting a case for allocation of ODA funds for these
projects, Sir D Watson minuted on 16 October 1972 that "whilst
1+KK 5/12
KK (19)not wishing to disregard this simulator proposal, I should
prefer to concentrate for the moment on the Polytechnic".
Mr Wood agreed that £500,000 could be spent on books and
equipment for the Folytechnic library (the full amount which
Hong Kong had requested less the actual construction costs to
which we could not contribute).
3.
Subsequently consideration has been given to the question
of providing an ATCRS but the time has never appeared right to
approach the ODA again. This was principally because we wished.
to ensure that the money for the Polytechnic and technical
institutes would be available and that disbursement would be
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