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THURSDAY, JULY 25,

1991

WHAT

MATTERS IN THE "50 WHAT WE DID WAS GO THROUGH SOME OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT MY THINKING WAS ON THE SETTING UP OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE;

AUTHORITY, THE MY THINKING WAS ON THE SETTING UP OF THE AIRPORT AIRPORT AUTHORITY TO REPLACE THE PRESENT PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND THE TIMING OF THAT; AND ALSO THE QUESTION OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE

HE SAID. WHICH COMES UNDER THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP,

**

'SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THOSE THINGS AND TOUCH ON ONE OR INFORMAL AND TWO

OTHER SUBJECTS AND IT WAS A WAY OF DOING IT IN AN FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE," HE ADDED.

WAS A ONE-OFF THING,

SIR DAVID SAID ALTHOUGH TODAY'S MEETING HE WOULD BE HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH MR LU PING, AS SET OUT IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

FOR INSTANCE, "IT WAS A CHANCE FOR ME TO EXPLAIN THINKING ON,

THAT IT THE SORT OF GENERAL APPROACH TO THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE,

OF EXPERTISE, AND SHOULD BE A BODY WHICH BROUGHT IN DIFFERENT SORTS BROUGHT IN DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW SO THAT PEOPLE COULD REFLECT THOSE POINTS OF VIEW," SIR DAVID SAID.

LARGE "BUT NOT TOO LARGE, YOU DON'T WANT SOMETHING WHICH IS SO THAT IT'S NOT EASY TO MANAGE AND IT SPENDS ITS WHOLE TIME TALKING WITH 18 DIVERSE VIEWS, BECAUSE ONE POINT ABOUT THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE THAT IT IS TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS CONNECTED TO THE AIRPORT, BUT NOT TO HOLD UP THE AIRPORT PROJECT. AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT IT, HE ADDED.

"

ABOUT

ITS ASKED IF CHINA SHOULD HAVE A MAJOR SAY IN PUTTING FORWARD

TELL THE OWN NAMES FOR THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, HE SAID: "I WILL

WILL LISTEN TO CHINESE SIDE WHO I AM THINKING OF APPOINTING AND I IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE GOT BEFORE MAKING THE ACTUAL DECISION IN THE END. BUT I'M QUITE THE DECISION IN THE END ON WHO TO APPOINT IS MINE, PREPARED TO LISTEN TO IDEAS."

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HOPED THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WOULD SET UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED.

BE

WAS

"I HOPE, INCIDENTALLY THAT THAT COMMITTEE WILL ALSO GIVE US, ANOTHER CHANCE TO TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT THE WHOLE PROJECT ABOUT.

YET

IS

ΤΟ MAKE MORB "ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW IS EFFORTS TO GET OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHOLE PROJECT. WE ARE GOING TO, FOR INSTANCE, BE SETTING UP A READING ROOM SO THAT ALL THE MASS OF AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENTS,

REPORTS AND SO ON, ARE THERE ANYBODY TO READ, ' SIR DAVID SAID.

"

WAS

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE SETTING UP OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY CRUCIAL BECAUSE IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED IN BUILDING THE AIRPORT.

MIDDLE IT DEPENDS LEGISLATIVE

"THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SET UP BY LET'S SAY, ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR. IT NEEDS LEGISLATION SO I CAN'T BE PRECISE,

THE THROUGH LONG THE LEGISLATION

OF

HOW

...

COUNCIL,' HE SAID.

TAKES TO GET

/SIR DAVID