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YOUR TELNO 96: SHENZHEN AIRPORT
1. CAI DONGSHAN, SENIOR ENGINEER IN CAAC'S CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, TOLD HARDING ON 15 JUNE THAT OWING TO DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHERE TO LOCATE PROPSED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SHENZHEN, THE STATE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THE CARRYING OUT OF AN INTERNAL FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK INTO THE SUITABILITY OF BAISHZSHOU AS AN ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR THE AIRPORT. IT DID NOT HOWEVER, NECESSARILY FOLLOW THAT THE NEW AIRPORT WOULD BE SITED THERE.
2. CAI OBSERVED THAT LOCAL PRESS COVERAGE OF THIS LATEST DEVELOPEMNT REFLECTED SHENZHEN'S ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PROJECT. HE ADDED THAT, FOR THEIR PART, THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP WERE KEEN THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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