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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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1. SPEAKING TO THE HK GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON 8 MARCH, LU PING REPEATED THAT A NEW AIRPORT WAS NEEDED IN HONG KONG. HE SAID THAT AFTER 1997 IT WOULD BE FULLY MANAGED BY THE SAR GOVERNMENT (HE MADE A NUMBER OF OTHER GENERALLY ENCOURAGING REMARKS TO INVESTORS ON NON-PADS SUBJECTS).
2. LU PING ALSO MET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC FOUNDATION YESTERDAY. SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, LDF CHAIRMAN, F K HU, QUOTED LU AS SAYING THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE AIRPORT PLANS BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG, WHILE DIFFERENCES HAD BEEN NARROWED TO FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. LU HAD TOLD THE LDF THAT THE PROPOSED CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SHOULD ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE AIRPORT PROJECTS AND REFLECT PUBLIC OPINIONS. IT SHOULD BE COMPOSED OF FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER EXPERTS. MEMBERSHIP SHOULD NOT BE TOO LARGE. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMITTEE SHOULD OPERATE UNDER GOVERNMENT MACHINERY. LU REITERATED CHINA'S HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE AMPLE FISCAL RESERVES LEFT TO THE SAR.
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