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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on.
28 April 1975
STRIOD 42
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
NOON WED
30 APRIL.
Mr Ben T Ford (Bradford North). To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what stage has been reached in the consideration of a mass transit system for Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement upon proposals for financing this project.
Jr. Dund
Danne Line
International tenders have been invited for an
initial system of 9.9 miles. A final decision will be taken in September and will depend on the Hong Kong Government's view of the project's commercial viability. The Hong Kong Government contribute HK$800 million, the rest being financed by export credits and on the open market.
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