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YOUR TELNO 1294: MR MAUDE'S VISIT TO CHINA: PADS

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1. THANK YOU FOR THE SLIGHTLY REVISED VERSION OF THE PADS PAPER IN TUR. WE FIND IT CLEAR AND SUCCINCT. WE SUGGEST ONLY THE FOLLOWING FURTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS:

PARA. 2 (I) AFTER THE SENTENCE ENDING: '... AND ITS COMPETITIVE POSITION IN THE REGION' ADD A NEW SENTENCE TO READ: 'THE OBJECTIVE

IS TO OPEN THE FIRST RUNWAY AT CHEK LAP KOK IN 1997'.

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PARAS. 2 (III) AND 3 (II). FIRST SENTENCES. REPLACE: CURRENT

PRICES' BY 1989 PRICES'.

PARA. 4. REPLACE: 'CURRENT PRICES' BY '1989 PRICES'.

PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH OF PAPER. REWORD LAST SENTENCE TO READ: 'IF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THOUGHT THAT THE PROJECTS OR THEIR COSTS WERE BECOMING UNMANAGEABLE, THEY WOULD RE-EXAMINE THEM. THIS WORDING ALLOWS US TO COVER EXAMINATION OF THE TIMING AND SCOPE OF THE

PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE COSTS.

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