CO129-508-8 Plans and reports on proposed aerodrome at Kai Tak 11-1-1928 - 21-12-1928 — Page 20

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3. The immediate reason

for this suggestion of increased

Imperial Contribution is that Mr.

Southorn understands that in

fixing the Imperial Contribution

the Treasury had in mind the

expectation that the Hong Kong

Government would receive any sums

which might be received from the

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disposal of parts of the reclaimed

land not necessary for the Aerodrome.

This was in fact the understanding

on which the Imperial Contribution

was fixed (see the last paragraph

but one of Treasury letter to the

Air Ministry of the 11th of January)

and receipts from this source were

expected to be considerable, a sum

of £50,000 having been mentioned.

Actually, however, owing to the

increased size of the Aerodrome now

contemplated there will be no surplus

land whatever, and the Hong Kong

Govt.

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