TNAG-2146-FCO40-3065-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 186

SPEAKING NOTE

(For use with NCNA }

Financial Aspects of the New Airport

and Related Projects

1.

the financial

On

I would like to give you a copy of a briefing paper, which we will put out to members of Legislative and

Executive Council on 11 December on

aspects of the new airport and related projects. the same day we will be issuing a press releaea summarising the contents of the paper. I would also

like to give you a copy of this press release. The briefing paper contains a lot of information which the

Chinese side is aware of from the first round of export talks. Your experts might however wish to have A ΜΑΡΙ

for their information. I would be gratefull

could convey it to them. Of course, these documents

are confidential until the 11th December.

if you

2.

20 39HA

There is one difference from the material handed to the

Chinese experts during the first round of talks This is that the estimated order of costs of the key airp projects contained in the briefing paper

is HK$79

The costs which we gave

to

billion.

the Chinese

experts for the airport core programme, during their

visit to Hong Kong, was HK$103 billion.

CONFIDENTIAL

AC:9 J. -PT. GA.

WH

3800H (009 дай