TNAG-0565-FCO40-660-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 64

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CONFIDENTIAL

機密

XCS(75)1

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Public Relations and Compensation

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The Provisional Authority realised that an announcement

of the break-off of negotiations with the Japanese Consortium could generate serious political and economic repercussions and considered that these repercussions could best be mitigated by issuing a statement-

(a) that the Japanese Consortium would pay com-

pensation (on a basis subsequently to be agreed)

for breaking off the negotiations; and

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(b) that the Government would proceed with an

underground railway.

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