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CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE DTI TELNO OTTER 118
OF 20080OZ JUNE 89
INFO ROUTINE FCO
HKB 020/14.
PA R24/6 117
MDLIAN 0373
22/16 VRF / MOB.
FOR ADAMS, HEAD OF PEP AND HALL, OT2
MAJOR PROJECTS AND EVENTS IN CHINA
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1. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT RECENT EVENTS IN CHINA WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO HONG
KONG'S PROGRAMME OF MAJOR PROJECTS ALL OF WHICH WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED, AND HE SINGLED OUT THE AIRPORT FOR PARTICULAR MENTION.
2. THESE REMARKS WERE MADE APPARENTLY AT A QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR. THEY WERE REPORTED ON THE RADIO IN THESE BARE TERMS BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO PRESS COVERAGE. NEITHER I NOR ANY MEMBER OF THE STAFF HERE WAS PRESENT SO I CANNOT
ELABORATE FURTHER.
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