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requirement arose from the possibility that an air unit
might be temporarily located in the vicinity in connection
with the trouble in China.
The Council understand that this suggestion was
placed before the Governor and that he replied to your
Department adumbrating possible developments in civil aviation
and recommending that the site should be acquired by the
Colony at a cost of approximately £175,000 to be financed by
means of a loan.
In the meantime events in China had demonstrated the
urgent necessity of rendering the site available for the
Operation of aircraft and on the 3rd February 1927 (Air
Ministry letter S.23467/3.6) the Council suggested that as
completion to the size which might eventually be required would
probably take a considerable time, the site which had already
been in use by Fleet aircraft should be enlarged by gradual
stages, the first stage being put in hand immediately at a cost
of £4,000 and the cost of subsequent stages to be subject to
further consideration.
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This proposal was submitted by your Department to
Committee of Imperial Defence (C.I.D. Paper 294-C) and the
following conclusions were reached: -
(a)
(b)
that the immediate acquisition of the Kai Tak site for an aerodrome was most desirable for reasons of Imperial Defence;
that the question of providing the necessary funds was one for the Treasury and other Government Departments concerned to deal with.
to the proportion of the cost
£200,000
·
The Council thereupon invited Mr. Amery's views as
then estimated at approximately
which should be borne by Hong Kong revenues, reminding
him of the generally accepted principle that land required
for defence purposes is regarded as a liability of Colonial
Governments.
Estimates of cost and a proposed division of expendi-
ture received from the Hong Kong Government were discussed