TNAG-2016-FCO40-2871-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Japan-1990 — Page 232

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VIABILITY OF THE FIXED LINK; CLEARLY ALL THE NUMBERS ARE

NOT YET AVAILABLE, BUT TH IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS,

THOUGH THEY ARE NOT YET SHOWING THE DETAILS TO THE

5 JAPANESE.

ALTERNATIVELY THERE COULD BE A CONTINUING

UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER TO INVEST IN THE PROJECT

AT ALL FOR WIDER REASONS, THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN NO

SIGN OF A BROADER JAPANESE HESITANCY ABOUT INVESTING

IN HONG KONG. FINALLY IT COULD BE THAT MITSUI

GENUINELY NEED MORE TIME.

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