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[Post meeting note: on infrastructural/transport points,
please copy the information to Miss Doris Cheung in Transport
and on economic points to Mr. Esmond Lee
Branch for the CICC;
in ESB for the CEC.]
VISIT TO PEKING BY HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN (CRC 18/87)
26.
office for their contribution.
mid-1988 seemed likely.
The meeting noted the paper. CS remarked that the
visit appeared to have been successful. He thanked the PA's
He noted that a repeat visit in
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Improvements to Shenzhen River:
Proposed Working Group (CRC
19/87)
27.
CS enquired whether the Shenzhen authorities were
blaming Hong Kong for the delays. SLW acknowledged this, but
said that the situation was very difficult. With hindsight,
the matter might have been handled differently, with Shenzhen
being asked to do all the work and Hong Kong contributing 50% of costs. It had proved very difficult to draw up the contract documents and obtain the necessary design detail from
Shenzhen. He was confident that a solution could ultimately be
found. However, it would be necessary to make some compromises
and deviate from Hong Kong's existing acceptable standards.
Hence the need for high-level policy decisions.
28.
CS accepted the need for careful consideration of the problem. PA agreed with the idea of a committee, but asked
that it work as quickly as possible. He was likely to come under pressure from the Chinese authorities at the Border
Liaison Review in late November. At least an interim view
would be required by then
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