CO129-502-4 Acquisition of Kai Tak for an aerodrome- provision of funds 11-1-1927 - 12-5-1927 — Page 125

TELEGRAM. From the Governor of Hong Kong to the

Secretary of State for the Colonier.

Dated 11th January, 1927.

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(Received Colonial Office 8.45 s.m. 11th January, 1927).

Your telegram of 10th December

Aerodrome Costs of completing reclamation unchanged

namely $730,000 but additional sums of 275,000

required for covering nullahs and 23,500 for

nemuisition and forming a flight gan on the north

centre. These additions strongly recommended by

local Air Force Officers. Cost of resumption from

Kaitek remains unchanged 1,000,000. Total revised

cost therefore 2,036,500 of which we should hone to

recover at least 500,000 by sale of outlying portion(

eventually not necessary for the serodrome. I

consider it essential in the interests of the Colony

from civil as well as militery point of view that

this scheme should be undertaken at once and I

recommend that it should be financed by loan in the

If you

same manner aa Shengmun Water Works scheme (my

despatch of 20th September, No. 399)

Approve a mum of $1,000,000 should be made available

at once for resuantion. Telegraph whether I may negotiate with the Company. Despatch follows by

mail.