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PROPOSED ROAD/AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, PIERS JACOBS, TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THAT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT GORDON WU'S IDEA THE MORE HE FELT IT WAS TOO BIG FOR A SINGLE PROJECT. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO DEMANDING ON RESOURCES. ALSO HE WAS NOT CONVINCED A NEW AIRPORT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. HE CONCEDED THAT PARTS OF THE PROJECT WERE VERY ATTRACTIVE BUT HE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE STAGED WITH PERHAPS THE TOLL ROAD ACROSS THE NEW TERRITORIES FIRST, THEN THE PORT DEVELOPMENT AND THEN POSSIBLY AFTER THE YEAR 2000, THE AIRPORT.
R. HE SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE CONSIDERING THE PROJECT WOULD BE DRAWING UP A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO PUT TO GORDON WU. THEY WOULD WANT CONSIDERABLE ELUCIDATION BEFORE THEY CAME TO A CONCLUSION.
3. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PRESS IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO AS EXPRESSING OPINIONS REGARDING THE NEED FOR A NEW AIRPORT. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CATHAY PACIFIC IS REPORTED TO HAVE
SAID THE PRESENT AIRPORT WOULD FE ABLE TO COPE UNTIL THE YEAR
2005 AT LEAST, WHILE THE MANACING DIRECTOR OF DRAGONAIR IS SAID TO THINK THERE SHOULD BE A NEW AIRPORT MUCH SOONER THAN THAT.
4. THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USEFUL TO YOU IN CONSIDERING THE ORDER
IN WHICH FEASIBILITY STUDIES SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. I AM DUE TO CALL
ON GORDON WU ON 13 FEBRUARY.
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