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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1991

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WAS THE FIXED CROSSING OPEN FOR DISCUSSIONS?

GOVERNOR:

WELL. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW AIRPORT ON LANTAU AT CHEK LAP кок, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THERE SOMEHOW. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO POINT IN GETTING THERE BY BOAT, SO YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A BRIDGE,

I'D LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE QUESTION WHICH I GOT AN ANSWER "NO" AND I ASKED YOU WHETHER THE CHINESE HAD ASKED YOU, REQUESTED THAT YOU SHOULD HALT PROGRESS UNTIL THEY HAD AGREED, WAS THERE ANY SUGGESTION FROM THEM AND HOW DID YOU REACT, WAS THERE ANY SUGGESTION THAT YOU SHOULD SLOW DOWN OR DELAY OR IN SOME WAY, AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, NOT GO AHEAD UNTIL YOU GOT THEIR AGREEMENT?

GOVERNOR:

THE STRAIGHT ANSWER TO YOUR STRAIGHT QUESTION WAS "NO".

I WAS JUST CHECKING THAT IT WAS THAT SIMPLE. NO SUGGESTION?

GOVERNOR :

THERE WAS NO SUGGESTION TO ME THAT WE SHOULD HALT ALL OUR

PROJECTS.

Q.:

OR DELAY, NOT HALT, DELAY?

GOVERNOR:

HALT OR DELAY ALL OUR PROJECTS.

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ONE MORE IF I MAY, IS THERE ANY QUESTION ABOUT SCALING THE PLAN

DOWN?

GOVERNOR:

IT...

IN DISCUSSIONS, I'VE JUST BEEN SAYING THAT, I HOPE I'VE MADE IT CLEAR ENOUGH (INTERRUPTION: MAYBE NOT SCALING DOWN BUT CHANGING ANOTHER QUESTION: DID YOU EXPLAIN....}

/COULD I