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THE PROJECT. HE STRESSED THAT HKG HAD NOT SUPPLIED ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT AND THAT THE CHINESE HAD YET TO MAKE KNOWN ITS STAND. HE SAID THAT HKG INDICATION AT AN EARLIER PRESS BRIEFING THAT CHINA HAD IN PRINCIPLE AGREED TO BUILD A NEW AIRPORT REPRESENTED ONLY THE WISHES OF THE HKG.
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HE SAID CHINA HAD ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT IT WOULD NOT INDICATE ITS STAND UNTIL EXPERTS HAD COMPLETED A THOROUGH STUDY OF THE PROJECT. HE SAID THE CHINESE AGREED THAT HK NEEDED A REPLACEMENT AIRPORT BUT THAT THEY HAD TO CONSIDER ITS LOCATION, SCALE AND THE RESOURCES REQUIRED. THE ACTING GOVERNOR SAID THAT FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CHINESE AS SOON AS IT BECAME AVAILABLE, THE MEDIA (26.8) REPORTED. THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, ANSON CHAN, CALLED ON THE CHINESE TO RESPOND TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE PAPERS (25.8) REPORTED.
COURT OF FINAL APPEAL
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THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE, MR JUSTICE CONS, SAID THAT DISCUSSIONS ON THE SETTING UP OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL HAD BEEN SMOOTH DURING THE LAST ROUND OF JLG MEETINGS, ADDING THAT CONSENSUS ON SOME AREAS HAD BEEN REACHED, SOME PAPERS (27.8) REPORTED. HE SAID THAT THE SETTING UP OF THE COURT WOULD AGAIN BE DISCUSSED AT THE COMING ROUND OF JLG MEETINGS. IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE TIMETABLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT AND OTHER DETAILS WOULD BE IRONED OUT.
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