"How they should go about these studies is a matter for the KCRC. No Government funds are involved and the results will in no way commit the Hong Kong Government or indeed the future SARG to going ahead with this railway project.
"We will be happy to brief the Chinese side to keep them informed of developments."
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36th JLG meeting to be held in London
The following is issued on behalf of the Office of the British Senior Representative of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group:
The 36th meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group will take place in London from June 5 to 7, 1996.
The British team will be led by the British Senior Representative, Mr Hugh Davies. The other members of the British team will be Mr Alan Paul (Counsellor, Office of the British Senior Representative, Sino-British Joint Liaison Group), Mr Nicholas Ng (Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Hong Kong Government), Mr Robert Peirce (Political Adviser, Hong Kong Government), and Mr Sherard Cowper- Coles (Head of Hong Kong Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office).
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Airport Committee Meeting
The British and Chinese sides have agreed that a meeting of the Airport Committee will be held in Hong Kong tomorrow (Thursday) to discuss and sign an Agreed Minute on the construction of the second runway for the new airport at Chek Lap Kok and associated facilities.
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