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states to the effect that the Deputy Secretary for Economic Services (Hong Kong Government) had advised Mr. Barrow that a consortium
led by Jardine Matheson and "other Honga" would be viewed as a more satisfactory
partner for the Hong Kong Government.
6.
Letter from the Chief Secretary, David Ford to Stewart Elliott of Hopewell which
24th March 1987
refers to the meeting with Government on
27th February, 1987 states that "the information provided at the meeting and
7.
8.
in your letter is most useful for our assessment of your proposals",
Letter from the Chief Secretary David Ford to Stewart Elliott of Hopewell which states that the Government is serious about Hopewell's proposal and will examine "every
aspect of it with great care".
Meeting between the Government
and Hopewell Consortium's Planners.
The Director of Marine confirmed that the
key difference between Hopewell Consortium's proposal and the Government's rested with the assumption of a road connection for Lantau
(as originally proposed by Hopewell) and acknowledged that this provided "enormous additional
opportunities for development". Graham Barnes
(Government Secretariat for Land and Works
Branch) concluded the meeting by stating
"further studies on the common elements
between Government and the Hopewell Consortium's Scheme would continue".
30th March, 1987
30th April 1987