TNAG-1062-FCO40-1312-Replacement-airport-for-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 90

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* OUR REF: CR 2/926/81

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RD Clift Esq

CONFIDENTIAL

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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

Mr. McQuade September, 1981

Mr. Williaman Jasa

Hong Kong & General Department F CO

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REPLACEMENT AIRPORT: POSSIBILITY OF A DEEP BAY SITE

There have been further developments on research into the possibility of a Deep Bay site since I last wrote to you on 11 September.

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The situation then was that a memorandum was being prepared for Exco which would recommend a feasibility study of a possible site in Deep Bay.

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It has now been decided that the consultants working on the Chek Lap Kok site should be asked first to do a quick study on: (a) whether a flight path just south of the border (the Fanling corridor) is feasible; and (b) what effect an airport in Deep Bay would have on development projects in the New Territories such as e.g. a new town at Tin Shui Wai or the new town at Sheung Shui. If this mini-study shows no insuperable obstacles, a recommendation for a full study will then be put to Exco.

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I have been keeping NCNA in touch, in general terms, about these developments and will do so also for this latest slight change.

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RJT McLaren Esq (FED)

(D C Wilson)

M W Atkinson Esq MBE (Peking)

D M March Esq OBE (BTC Hong Kong)

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