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ministering the Government urges the
necessity for proceeding with the scheme
are
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at the earliest possible moment is also
enclosed.
has now been afformed
2. The Shing Mun Scheme has now
in the telegram of which a copy is enclosed.
received the Secretary of State's approval,
A copy of a Confidential despatch which
was addressed to the Officer Administering
the Government of Hong Kong on the 16th of
June, approving the Hong Kong loan proposals
including the financing of the remaining
stages of the Shing Mung Scheme, is being
sent to you separately in reply to your
Confidential letter A/239 of the 30th of May.
3. You should now proceed to make the
necessary arrangements with the Consulting
Engineers on the lines approved by the
Hong Kong Government. You will no doubt
inform the Hong Kong Government in due
course whether the Consulting Engineers are
willing to select for their work one of
the four engineers whose names have been
(By L.F. as directed on draft on No.9 on 92639/32)
(7 on 92639/32)
put