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08 JUL 1991
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 219 CHINA/HONG KONG:
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AIRPORT PROJECT
FOLLOWING OUR PROMPTING, THE MFA ISSUED A STATEMENT AT 1400 LOCAL TODAY WELCOMING THE AGREEMENT. OUR TRANSLATION IS AS FOLLOWS:
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ON THE QUESTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW HONG KONG AIRPORT. IT IS CONFIDENT THAT THE FACT THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AGREE ON A FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW AIRPORT WILL MEAN THAT THE AIRPORT'S CONSTRUCTION WILL PROCEED SMOOTHLY.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THAT FOLLOWING THE RETURN OF HONG KONG TO CHINA IN 1997 IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION THAT, BASED ON THE SINO-BRITISH DECLARATION AND HONG KONG'S BASIC LAW, HONG KONG SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENJOY ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND MAINTAIN ITS PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. FOR THIS REASON IT HOPES TO CONTINUE TO COOPERATE OVER HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE.
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