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GIST OF TUR PASSED ON TO BRIAN LAWRENCE, DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG PROJECTS FOR BTI, WHO COMMENTED THAT IT WAS A MOST USEFUL SUMMARY. IN HIS VIEW IT REFLECTED EXACTLY THE RIGHT APPROACH. ASKED ME TO PASS ON HIS APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK ON BTI'S BEHALF.
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IN LAWRENCE'S VIEW, THE POSSIBLE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN CONTENDING GROUPS WOULD NOT WORK, WHETHER IN TERMS OF NETWORKING OR THE PROGRAMME SIDE, OR BOTH. IT WAS BT'S EXPERIENCE THAT SUCH ARRANGEMENTS HAD NOT COME OFF IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
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AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED, LAWRENCE SAID THAT THE HUTCHISON GROUP (HE IS A DIRECTOR OF HUTCHISON CABLEVISION) NOW
FELT IT WAS TIME TO BACK OFF AND LEAVE THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TO THEIR DELIBERATIONS. HE WILL BE IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK, ON ONE OF HIS REGULAR VISITS, AND WILL CONTACT YOU THEN TO DISCUSS SITUATION.
4 ON A POINT OF DETAIL, LAWRENCE COMMENTED THAT BT'S STAKE IN THE HUTCHISON WHAMPOA LED GROUP IS 24 PER CENT, NOT 20.
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