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PADS: BRIEFING FOR NCNA

1. FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAW PAN ZENGXI, NCNA VICE DIRECTOR, ON 27 APRIL TO GIVE A FURTHER BRIEFING ON THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. PAN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY COLLEAGUES FROM NCNA RESEARCH AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS.

2. SIR PIERS JACOBS HANDED OVER COPIES OF ALL EIGHT FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO WHICH WE HAD MADE REFERENCE IN EARLIER BRIEFINGS OF THE CHINESE. BEFORE DOING SO, HE GAVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO EACH OF THE CONSULTANCIES AND STRESSED THAT THEY DEMONSTRATED HOW MUCH DETAILED AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION HAD TAKEN PLACE OVER MANY YEARS. HE NOTED HOWEVER THAT THE SPECIFIC COSTINGS WERE FAIRLY BROAD ESTIMATES, AND THAT AS THE SITUATION EVOLVED REVISIONS WOULD BE NECESSARY. IN CONCLUSION HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT, HAVING STUDIED THE FACTS, THE CHINESE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE CLEAR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THESE LONG-TERM PROJECTS WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO BUILD UP A SECURE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE SAR.

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