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YOUR TELNO 3484: PQ ON PADS

IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR ADVICE, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPLY:

1.

''THERE HAS BEEN NO DELAY. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PLAN TO

HAVE THE FIRST RUNWAY IN OPERATION BY EARLY 1997.

2. IT IS, HOWEVER, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SQUARE THIS WITH A REPORT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE SUMMARY OF ENGLISH MEDIA FOR

24 NOVEMBER WHICH STATES THAT THE CHIEF SECRETARY INDICATED THAT

THE 1997 TARGET FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST RUNWAY OF THE

AIRPORT MIGHT BE DELAYED IF NECESSARY.

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GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION AND FOR YOUR ADVICE ON WHETHER THE DRAFT REPLY NEEDS AMENDING. IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEADLINE, WE MUST HAVE YOUR REPLY DESKBY 27093OZ.

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