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HUGHES, OF BUILDING AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, RETURNS FROM LEAVE 13 FEBRUARY. WE WILL, HOPEFULLY, BE ABLE TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH HIM EARLY NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 5 OF YTUR AND WILL REPORT THE OUTCOME IN DUE COURSE.
2. WE HAVE WRITTEN TO NG, AS INSTRUCTED, INFORMING HIM THAT WE ARE BROADLY CONTENT WITH THE BASIC TERMS BUT DRAWING HIS ATTENTION TO THE STATEMENT IN THE PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH OF HIS LETTER OF 31 JANUARY AND MAKING THE POINT THAT HMG CONSIDERS THAT NO SUCH OBLIGATIONS ARE CREATED UNTIL THE PROCESSES ARE COMPLETED. COPY OF LETTER FOLLOWS. JARVIS IS MAKING ENQUIRIES WITH UNITED STATES CONSULATE ON THEIR PTG.
3. WE HAVE APPOINTED JOHNSON, STOKES AND MASTERS (SOLICITORS) ON SWIRE PROPERTIES AND VIGERS RECOMMENDATION. THEIR ESTIMATED HOURLY FEE IS HK DOLLARS 3000. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CHARGING INSTRUCTIONS FOR COSTS INVOLVED.
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YOUR PARA 6 HEADQUARTERS HOUSE. WE ARE PURSUING THIS WITH NICHOLAS NG, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND WE WILL REPORT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
5. IN THE MEANTIME, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE OUR RECORDS, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD FAX COPIES OF ANY RECORDS YOU MAY HAVE MADE OF THE MEETINGS HELD WITH BUILDING AND LANDS DEPARTMENT DURING YOUR VISIT HERE IN NOVEMBER 1991. WE HAVE NONE.
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