Enclosure No.
MEMORANDUM.
Conference on Aerodromes at
Government House on 10th October, 1928.
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PRESENT :
His Excellency, the Officer Administering the
Government.
Mr. J. Dawson, of the Air Ministry.
The Commodore.
Colonel Wyatt, R.E.
The Honourable the Director of Public Works.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency referred to Mr. Dawson's
report (72) in part 2 of 2820/25, and recounted the
recommendations in detail with reference to the plan
attached to the report. After a full discussion it
was agreed that the broad lines of the suggested lay
out were not open to objection. As regards the
additional expense to be incurred in the acquisition
of new ground to the north of Kai Tak it was felt by
those present other than Mr. Dawson who expressed no
opinion on the matter that the question was primarily
one for the Imperial Government. Such acquisition
was not essential from the point of view of the
Colony and of the immediate future of Civil Aviation,
and if the additional area was required by the Air
Ministry the Colony would naturally look to it for
the expenditure to be incurred. Reference to the
Director of Public Works minutes on Mr. Dawson's
report showed that the total concerned was about
$250,000. The lay out as suggested
involved the
abandonment