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COMPANIES, BESIDES BAA, ARE PURSUING. THESE INCLUDE MAUNSELL, W S ATKINS, RMJM, SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK AND OTHERS. I DID NOT KNOW OF SIR EGON'S VISIT PREVIOUSLY. I HOPE HE CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO
INCLUDE ME IN HIS CALLS.)
8. THE RECLAMATION PROGRAMME WOULD CREATE THE LAND FOR THE SECOND RUNWAY BUT THE RUNWAY ITSELF WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL PROGRAMME. IT COULD BE BUILT AROUND THE YEAR 2000. EVEN WITH A SINGLE RUNWAY CHEK LAP KOK WOULD OUT-PERFORM KAI TAK. KAI TAK ALLOWS 30 MOVEMENTS AN HOUR, SHORTLY TO RISE TO 33 WITH THE INSTALLATION OF NEW RADAR EQUIPMENT. CHEK LAP KOK WILL PERMIT 43 MOVEMENTS PER HOUR AND WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON NIGHT FLYING.
RAIL LINK
9. AGREEMENT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO A RAIL LINK, BUT WHETHER TO INCLUDE IT FROM THE START MIGHT NOT BE DECIDED FOR ANOTHER TWO MONTHS. IT WAS SOLELY A QUESTION OF FINANCE. EVERYONE RECOGNISED THE ADVANTAGES OF INSTALLING THE RAILWAY FROM THE BEGINNING, AND ALLAN SAID HE WAS EMPHATICALLY IN FAVOUR OF THIS HIMSELF. THE MASTER PLAN PROVIDED FOR TWO RAILWAY PLATFORMS AT THE TERMINAL, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER RATHER THAN SIDE BY SIDE.
LEGAL ADVISERS AND FINANCIAL ADVISERS
10. THE PAA PLANNED TO APPOINT LEGAL ADVISERS AND FINANCIAL
ADVISERS. SUBMISSION WOULD BE MADE THIS MONTH BY LEGAL ADVISERS. THERE WAS ONE STRONG AMERICAN CONTENDER BUT THE REST WERE BRITISH. THEY ALSO WOULD BE SEEKING PROPOSALS WITHIN TWO WEEKS FOR FINANCIAL ADVISERS. A NUMBER OF AMERICAN BANKS WERE ALREADY IN THE FIELD INCLUDING JP MORGAN, GOLDMAN SACHS AND MORGAN STANLEY, BUT A NUMBER OF THE BRITISH MERCHANT BANKERS (HE MENTIONED HAMBROS, SCHRODERS, WARDLEYS, AND, HE THOUGHT, BARINGS) HAD ALSO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST. BARCLAYS WERE ALSO ACTIVE: HE HAD BEEN IMPRESSED BY THEM AND WILL BE SEEING THEIR DEPUTY CHAIRMAN WHEN IN LONDON. (COMMENT: THESE WILL BE TWO IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRITISH CONTENDERS. IF BOTH GO TO AMERICANS IT WOULD INCREASE STILL FURTHER THE ALREADY STRONG AMERICAN FLAVOUR AT THE CENTRE OF THIS PROJECT. I WILL DO ALL I CAN TO ENCOURAGE BRITISH CONTENDERS TO MAKE A STRONG BID. THOSE I HAVE SPOKEN TO WERE BARELY AWARE THE CHOICE WAS SO IMMINENT. THERE MAY BE SCOPE
FOR PARALLEL ACTION IN LONDON.)
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
11. ALLEN SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS MAJOR PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN TACKLED EARLIER. THE NEW AIRPORT IN SHENZHEN WAS DUE TO OPEN
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