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PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
MYTELNO 367: MEMORANDUM FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE:
REVISED TEXT
1. ON REFLECTION, I HAVE TWO FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE REVISED TEXT IN TUR.
A) PARA 5. IT WOULD BE WORTH NOTING THAT IN MY ADDRESS TO LEGCO IN OCTOBER 1988, I SAID THAT IT WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED A NEW AIRPORT AND THAT WE WOULD TAKE A
DECISION BEFORE THE END OF 1989.
B) PARA 6. I SUGGEST THAT THE SECOND SENTENCE BE AMENDED TO
REFLECT MORE ACCURATELY WHAT I ACTUALLY SAID - E.G. '...HE ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD CONSIST OF TWO RUNWAYS CAPABLE OF OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY, WITH EVENTUAL CAPACITY TO HANDLE 80 MILLION PASSENGERS PER ANNUM - OVER THREE TIMES THE MAXIMUM
CAPACITY OF KAI TAK AND THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S AIM WAS TO OPEN THE FIRST OF THE TWO RUNWAYS BY THE EARLY PART OF 1997.'
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