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in its Reserves.
taken to avoid a plethora of
entering the public debate on this
(c) Care should be
figures
issue.
Future presentation of key costings,
which should be kept as simple as possible,
required very careful handling and it was
pointed out that the Legislative Council's
Finance Committee would probably require more
information when considering requests to
approve expenditure on the project next year,
than it had been given to-date.
DECISION
briefing
The Council noted the contents of the
Secretary and the
The Council's advice
given by the Financial
Secretary for the Treasury.
should be sought on the
strategy to be
public of
publicity/public relations
adopted prior to the release to the
information on the Airport Core Programme,
in particular on its financial aspects.
IN ATTENDANCE
Mr N.W.H. MACLEOD
Secretary for the Treasury
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