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SPEAKING NOTE

(For use with NCNA)

Financial Aspects of the New Airport

and Related Projects

(339)

HKC 182 12

1.

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 the financial

aspects of the new airport and related projecte. On the same day we Will be issuing

press relazco

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 expert

talks. Your experts might however wish to have A ΜΑΡΣ

for their

I would be grateful

could convey it to them. Of course, these documents

are confidential until the 11th December.

information.

#f

2.

experts

the

This

There is one difference from the material handed

Chinese

during the first round of talks

is that the estimated order of costs of the key airport

projects contained in the briefing paper is HK$79

billion.

The costs which we gave to the Chinese

experts for the airport core programme, during their visit to Hong Kong, was HK$103 billion.

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(AIRPORT

PROJECT)

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