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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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OF 11105OZ JUNE 93
INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO INFO ROUTINE HKGO GENEVA
(PART TWO OF TWO)
HONG KONG FUTURE: PRESS COVERAGE: (2.6-11.6)
21. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID (8.6) THE DRAFTING OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY BILL WAS AT ITS FINAL STAGE AND THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD BE CONSULTED ON THE DRAFT BILL. ON THE FINANCING PACKAGE, MR MACLEOD SAID THAT THE KEY QUESTIONS TO BE RESOLVED WERE THE AMOUNT OF LOANS AND CAPITAL INJECTION. HE HOWEVER REFUSED TO BE DRAWN ON DETAILS.
22. SENIOR CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LAND COMMISSION AND MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, SUN YAUHENG, SAID THAT LAND GRANT FOR THE AIRPORT WAS PART OF THE FINANCING PACKAGE WHICH SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AS A WHOLE IN THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE.
JLG
23. THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWO-DAY JLG EXPERT MEETING ON DEFENCE LAND WAS NOTED (4.6). THERE WAS NO ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS, BUT BOTH THE CHINESE AND BRITISH TEAM REPRESENTATIVES WERE QUOTED AS SAYING THEY HAD CARRIED OUT SERIOUS AND IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS WOULD CONTINUE.
24. QUOTING SOURCES, THE PAPER (11.6) REPORTED THE 26TH JLG MEETING WOULD BE HELD IN THE FORTH WEEK OF THIS MONTH. IT WAS BELIEVED CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 AND THE USE OF MILITARY SITES WOULD BE ON THE AGENDAS, BUT NOT THE AIRPORT OR POLITICAL REFORMS.
NEW KITCHEN
25. SING TAO DAILY QUOTE (8.6) SOURCES AS SAYING CHINA HAD DECIDED TO ANNOUNCE AT THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE
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