TNAG-0208-FCO40-244-Discussions-about-extension-to-Kai-Tak-airport-1969 — Page 149

Our reference: 21/8

Your reference:

CONFIDENTIAL

PA Mar 24/4

ff Катик

BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION IN HONG KONG

7th Floor, Shell House, Queen's Road, Central, HONG KONG Mail Address: P.O. Box No. 528, Hong Kong Cable Address: "Uktrade Hongkong”

Telephone: 230176

3 April, 1969

RECEIVED IN

Ale 42

739

Dear Sunny

Kai Tak Runway Extension

I had lunch with Thomson, the Director of Civil Aviation, yesterday and questioned him about the proposed road tunnel under the runway at Kai Tak. It appears that the proposed alignment of the road tunnel has been altered bringing it under the aircraft hard standing and much closer to the Kowloon City end of the existing runway. was previously going to be tunnelled under the runway at a point several hundred yards further towards the sea.

It

2. The new alignment combined with the cut and cover methods which will have to be employed are making Thoms on insist that nothing can be done on his territory for aircraft safety reasons, until the runway is extended.

3. You will know that the road improvement is absolutely essential if Kwun Tong is not to be strangled.

You may draw your own conclusions therefore as to whether the Hong Kong Government will build the runway extension at their expense should H.M.G. fail to provide a loan.

4.

I am copying this to John Gowers in C.R.E. Department of the Board of Trade.

W. S. Carter, Esq., Hong Kong Department,

Curs ever.

Yours

ilae

(M.P.V. Hannam)

Principal Trade Commission

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, S.W.1.

RECEIVED ...

?

CONFIDENTIAL

REGISTIYN

- 3 JUN 1969

HKK21/11

Every effort is made to ensure that the information given herein is accurate, but no legal responsibility is accepted for any errors or omis- sions in that information and no responsibility is accepted in regard to the standing of any firms, companies, or individuals mentioned.