TNAG-0423-FCO40-469-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 135

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SECRETARY OF STEERING GROUP (CHAN) WHO IS NOW DRAWING UP PROGRAMME

FOR THE NEXT ROUND HAS TOLD WEEDON AND ME THAT HE HAS PENCILLED

IN THE BRITISH GROUP FOR, 27-30 JUNE. FORMAL CONFIRMATION WILL

FOLLOW, TO HUTCHISONS, IN DUE COURSE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT STEERING DATE FOR NEXT ROUND HAS BEEN POSTPONED

TO 19 JUNE BECAUSE ORIGINAL DATE OF 14 JUNE WAS ONLY ONE DAY

AFTER HADDON-CAVES RETURN ALSO MONDAY START IS BETTER THAN THURSDAY.

ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BRITISH GROUP WILL ON THIS PROVISIONAL

PROGRAMME BE LAST IN, BUT CHAN DOES NOT WISH TO BE OFFICIALLY

COMMITTED TO THIS AT THIS STAGE.

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