TNAG-0849-FCO40-1059-Future-of-Hong-Kong-New-Territories-leases-1979 — Page 49

Some policy-makers in Hong Kong are fully conscious of this possibility and have gone ahead at once with the construction of the Mass Transit Railway. As the saying goes, “ducks would be the first to know whether the water in the river is warm when spring is here", it would not have been worthwhile to commit themselves to an investment of $10,000 million if they know they have only 17 years. Tek people,x Xit would be difficili ta tinagine that they wouldXE XIX KAK Why should other people not put their minds at ease.