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any information which could be made available, particularly concerning the timing of a decision to construct, the probable opening date, and the planned passenger handling capacity.
2.7
Mr. Li indicated that no information on Po On could be made available. However, it was pointed out that plaming the airspace management for a number of airports could not be under- taken by the Hong Kong Government consultants unless a certain amount of information was known. Mr. Li undertock to refer the request for information to higher authority (but there seemed little likelihood of information being available unless the political channels had been cleared).
2.8
The meeting then ended at about 6 pm.
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3.1
Attendance at Dinner
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The Hong Kong group were invited as guests at a dinner hosted by Mr. Xin Ying, Director, CAMC Guangdong Administration. Mr. Qui did not attend out the other five members of the afternoon meeting did. The dinner was very amiable with a number of toasts to continued co-operation between Hong Kong/Canton, which Mr. Yin remarked had improved very greatly within the last two years. During the course of the meal he asked many questions on the construction timing and the total cost of Chek Lap Kok, including cost of access arrangements, and the unit cost of reclamation. He appeared to be well informed. He also asked questions on the proposed funding methods, what proportion would be provided by the Hong Kong Government and the possible need for overseas funds availability of funds from disposal of Kai Tak land, etc. informed that this was not yet decided and that a financial evaluation study to determine the best method of funding would take place in 1982; but that external funding would very probably be needed, possibly in considerable amounts.
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3.2
On the three airport situation, it was suggested that due to high cost a co-operative effort on one airport may be more sensible to avoid unnecessary expenditure and over capacity, to which Mr. Min readily agreed.
4. Impressions
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The overall impression was that the CAAC response to the presentation had been prepared before the meeting, and was that although further technical discussion was necessary, no further meetings would take place until the political situation has been cleared at a Government level, at which time technical problems could be resolved
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