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MY OTTER 227: HONG KONG PROPOSED AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT

I CALLED ON SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, GRAHAM BARNES, ON 2 DECEMBER. I TOLD HIM THAT WU HAD SUGGESTED A BRITISH GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT AND I LEFT WITH HIM A COPY OF OTTER 227.

2. BARNES CONFIRMED THAT WU HAD EXPLAINED HIS PROJECT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY COMMITTEE. BARNES SAID HE THOUGHT THE PROJECT INCLUDED SOME GOOD IDEAS AND PARTS OF IT WERE BETTER THAN ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT HAD IN MIND, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE ROADS AND THE DOCK DEVELOPMENT. HE WAS NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE AIRPORT: THE GOVERNMENT PLANNERS WERE NOT CONVINCED THAT A NEW ONE WAS NEEDED. HOWEVER THE WHOLE IDEA WOULD TAKE SOME DIGESTING. MANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE INVOLVED AND HE HAD GIVEN HIS FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS A MONTH TO PRODUCE THEIR REACTIONS. HE DID NOT THINK WU'S TIMETABLE WAS REALISTIC GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CO-ORDINATION AND DETAILED STUDY THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY.

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