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been strongly represented by the Governor and others that it is essential for the Colony to have an air port of international standing if it is to regain and retain its former importance and prosperity. There is only one possible site for such an airport in the ceded part of the Colony. It is estimated that it would cost over £10,000,000 and take 4 years to construct an air port on that site, and there is also the possibility that further examination may disclose insuperable technical difficulties. The alternative site is in the New Territories and it is estimated that the cost of construction there would be less than half the above estimate, or approximately £4,000,000, and the period of construction only 18 months, as compared with 4 years.7"
On looking through the annexures again, I feel that, for the purpose of the submission of the paper to the Ministerial Committee, we ought to revise and amplify paragraph 2 (including the passage in square brackets at the end of it) of Annexure II. I would propose, therefore, that the following paragraphs should be substituted for that paragraph:-
"2. Joint control and management of that part of the water supply system which would run beyond the Colony's new boundary.
3. Continued