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SOMOSI, 1936.
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ummanded by the Air Council to refer to y...ur Letter S.z6090 of the 11th January, 1926, sanctioning a payment frm air Votes of £100,000 towards the cost incurred by the ong Kong Government on the provision of an aerodrome at Kai Tak, and to request that the following further application may be laid before the Lorda Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.
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It was visualised during the consideration given to the construction of the erodrome that nile the landing area which, 8 indicated in Air Mini: try letter 15u648/32 of the 4th April, 19:4 (re aury reference 2 7, 18 all, with res ricted flying approaches, Roald maut both civil and fervice requirements for some years, anialgement would eventually be necessary and, 1934, the local Government, after consultation with the Air officer Communiing. Far ast, decided tht extension could no longer be deferred in view of modern requirements and increasing user. Ine only practicable method of improving the facilities for Landing, etc. is n extension of the North-South runway and accordingly they have embarked upon a toneme involving the
gert in lend to the north of the r:sumption and preparation o merodrome and the diversion of a road at present forming the northern boundary. Having regard to the fact tn t extension will ir Force, be of equal value for Civil parpues and for the yal the Hong Kong Jovernment have invited the Council t mout half the estimated cost of the fone.e which is ra fullons :
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200,000
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It is understood that the Hong kong Government navO ex ended over $ 200,000 on the service up to the 1st March, 1936.
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The Cou.cil consider that the proposal that they should o ̧ntrioute hal. the cost of enlargement is equitable, having regard to the indequoy of the existing ner drome in relation to s...ntemplated developmunte arising from the decision to station additional Air Force Units in Hong Kong and, as indicated in their letter 3.8230 (F.) of the loth August, 1930, to the Colonial office, a copy of which was forwarded to your Departmont, offered to recommend their ordanips to agree to this contribution as part of general settlerent u. outstanding quer tions with regard to tne moquisition of land at Hong Kong for Royal Air Force purposes. Their ordenips will, however, be aware from Colonial fice letter 2014, 1/56 of the 8th September, 19: 6, that Mr.Secretary Orasby Gore onɛizers that the question of the
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