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to Final Sketch Design in order to maintain the current programme for occupation by 1 July 1996.
The future Consulate General as now designed will satisfy all
HMG's post-1997 needs and house them in a quality construction providing excellent value for money. We will effectively, as the Secretary of State noted in his minute to the Prime
Minister, get a building at half price. Nevertheless we are well aware........[continue with present para 4].
[Redraft present 4 (b) as follows:]
Omit all the residential accommodation and amenities.
It is our strongly-held view that the flats represent
particularly good value for money; they are thoroughly
cost-effective as compared to renting (please see also DCF appraisals) and should be retained. From the point of view of
designed concept and operational efficiency of the buildings, it would be technically possible to omit the 7 remaining UK
staff flats and amenities without serious impact, but their
deletion would not be sensible.
[Redraft of current 4(d):]
OED to find the shortfall of funds from elsewhere in the
Overseas Estates programme.
This option will be extremely painful and will entail long
delays on other projects. Nevertheless, we believe that
meeting the currently forecast excess over the PES provision
could be done, with careful management, without unacceptably distorting the capital programme.
Given these options our initial appraisal is that 4 (c) and
4(d) are the only ones which avoid being unrealistic or
uneconomic in the long term. But a final decision on which
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