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MACAU AIRPORT: CROSSROADS
SUMMARY
1. LU PING CRITICAL OF CAA. MACAU GOVERNMENT NERVOUS. FINANCIAL REPORT AWAITED BY ALL. CONTRACTS STILL UNSIGNED UNTIL ADDITIONAL EQUITY RESOLVED. PROJECT COULD STILL BE CANCELLED.
DETAIL
2. GRAHAM (ACTING CONSUL GENERAL) DISCUSSED MACAU AIRPORT WITH SILVA CACTING DIRECTOR CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY), FONSECA (DIPLOMATIC ADVISER), COOK (MANAGER MACAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSORTIUM) AND KE (VICE DIRECTOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS NCNA) IN MACAU
DURING 10-11 JULY.
3. COOK SAID THE PRESENT SITUATION WAS THAT ALL THE GROUND WORK FOR THE TERMINAL AND RAMP AREA WAS PREPARED. THE FINAL DESIGN, TAKING ACCOUNT OF CHINESE CONCERN OF NOISE POLLUTION OVER ZHUHAI, WAS COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY THE MACAU GOVERNMENT'S AEROPORT DE PARIS CONSULTANT. THE RUNWAY AND PILING CONTRACTS HAD STILL NOT BEEN SIGNED. COOK SAID HE THOUGHT UKAG WERE IN TOUCH WITH BASL IN BRITAIN. HE ADDED THAT THE PILOT (JOEL DE SILVA) OF MIAC LISBON BASED CHAIRMAN LOPEZ WAS THE CRUCIAL MAN FOR FOR NAVAIDS
EQUIPMENT DECISIONS.
4. FONSECA SHOWED GRAHAM A (PORTUGUESE) NEWSPAPER LEADING ARTICLE THAT QUOTED LU PING CHKMAO STATE COUNCIL DIRECTOR) TO THE EFFECT THAT UNLESS MACAU STOPPED TALKING TO THE USA ABOUT AIR TRAFFIC RIGHTS, CHINA WOULD WITHDRAW ITS (REMAINING 8 PERCENT) EQUITY IN MACAU AIRPORT. GOVERNOR VIEIRA HAD HELD URGENT TALKS WITH ADVISER THAT MORNING (10 JULY) BEFORE ISSUING A N ANODYNE PRESS STATEMENT. THE CHINESE JLG, HOWEVER, TOLD FONSECA THE NEXT DAY
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