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13 FEB 1991
Date
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23 January 1991
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Mr Stone para 2. Traki gul
Mir Suity CS12
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Should we acknowledge biefly? Yes
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telegram ergroting more contact)
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Dear Pum,
SINO-PORTUGUESE JLG
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Carlos Portela the number 2 in the Portuguese JLG came to call on Tony Galsworthy on 21 January. He took over from Ramos as the senior resident JLG member in Macau in August last year and is also head of the Portuguese side of the Land Commission. The discussion was fairly general but Portela had a few things of interest to say which are worth recording.
Airport
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Portela said that despite some press reports to the contrary he was still not entirely confident that the problems between Macau and the neighbouring area of Zhuhai over the airport had been finally resolved. There had been political discussions between the Portuguese and the Chinese about the Chinese failure to deliver adequate quantities of sand and about the unreasonable Chinese complaints about possible noise pollution. The Portuguese hoped that these contacts had resolved the difficulties and certainly some sand had been delivered, but it was impossible to say whether future problems might recur. Portela confirmed that the Portuguese were not expecting any problems in the Land Commission about land for the airport. confirmed that it had been agreed over two years ago that the reclaimed land for the airport project would not form part of the annual quota of 20 hectares. Although some Portuguese and Macanese officials have been denying that the controversy with China had delayed the airport, Portela said that in fact some delay was already being caused.
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