Daturday 12 April:
Sunday 13 April:
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Also the Political Adviser, Sir John Curle (from the FCO) (met by Sir Peter Baldwin) and the Deputy General Manager KCR (Mr U L Wong: Sir Peter
Baldwin met the General Manager, Mr DM Howes, who is unavailable).
Helicopter tour of Hong Kong.
This will probably cover the harbour, railways and New Territories.
Mott Hay and Anderson with the American consultants Ralph Parsons are involved in plans for the harbour crossings; assistance is being given by this Department.
Tour of the New Territories (Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Sha Tin). British
consultants Maunsells and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick have been largely responsible for the transport infra- structure of the New Towns. There are plans for rail links (covered in
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separate briefing).
Dinner given by Commissioner for
Transport (Mr A T Armstrong-Wright),
met by Sir Peter Baldwin). The Transport Department covers licensing, car parking, planning, co-ordination of public transport and tunnel management. We have seconded several officials to work with British consultants (Mott, Hay and Anderson, Maunsells and Martin and Voorhees Associates) on the Hong Kong-Kowloon link, traffic surveillance and on up-grading the tramway system on