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TELNO 348 4
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PADS: MP'S QUESTION ON TIMING
YOUR TELNO 2255 OF 22 NOV REFERS. WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING LINE TO TAKE.
2.
THERE HAS BEEN NO DELAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW AIRPORT. DURING THE PAST YEAR, SATISFACTORY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE REPLACEMENT AIRPORT AND OTHER RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS. OUR CURRENT TARGET IS STILL TO HAVE THE FIRST RUNWAY IN OPERATION BY EARLY 1997.
3. IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHAT QUOTE DELAY UNQUOTE MEANS. IF ITS REFERS TO THE 1983 SHELVING OF CHEK LAP KOK, THEN THE EXPLANATION IS THAT THE SHELVING WAS DUE ENTIRELY TO BUDGETARY REASONS AT THE TIME AND THE THEN UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF HONG KONG. THE SITUATION WILL THEN, OF COURSE, HAVE BECOME DIFFERENT.
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