initial contract stages and the site formation and foundation
work are well underway. OED has submitted for final Treasury
approval and will shortly also be submitting to Mr Goodlad a
proposed list of contractors (most of whom are likely to be
British) to be invited to tender for the above ground work in
Spring 1994.
Residence
9.
The need for an appropriate Residence after 1997 is well
recognised. We intend to return to the search with HKG once the
new SBTC is fully settled in.
Overseas Estate Department
December 1993