RESTRICTED
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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY LISBON
TELNO 1
OF 240225Z JANUARY 91
AND TO PRIORITY FCO, DTI, HONG KONG, PEKING
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151425 MDLIAN 3125
HKB 182/2
DTI FOR PEP FROM BTC HONG KONG CAS CONSUL GENERAL MACAU)
MACAU AIRPORT: POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SITUATION
SUMMARY
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MACAU AIRPORT CONTINUES TO BE HELD UP BY LACK OF CHINESE AGREEMENT ON POTENTIAL NOISE POLLUTION AND SAND SUPPLIES. CONTRACTS FOR RUNWAY WORK STILL UNSIGNED. PROJECT WORK AT LEAST SIX MONTHS DELAYED. SOME WORK ON TERMINAL STILL PROCEEDING. FINAL DESIGN CONTRACT WON BY BASL FOR COMPLETION BY EARLY APRIL. GOVERNMENT AND STANLEY HO CONFIDENT IMPASSE WILL BE RESOLVED. TOO EARLY FOR FURTHER UKAG VISIT. ATC THE NEXT HURDLE.
DETAIL
2. GRAHAM VISITED MACAU 17-18 JANUARY AND DISCUSSED DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE AIRPORT WITH VASCONCELOS (UNDER SECRETARY PUBLIC WORKS), FERREIRA (CHAIRMAN MACAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSORTIUM MIAC), STANLEY HO (MAJOR SHAREHOLDER) AND THE BRITISH AIRPORT SERVICES (BASL) DESIGN TEAM. DAVID CLEARY OF GEC/UKAG THEN CALLED ON BTC ON 22 JANUARY.
POLITICAL
3. THE TALKS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ARE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF MACAU AND CHINA, VASCONCELOS LEADING THE MACAU TEAM AND AMBASSADOR QUI MINGTANG (PHONETIC) OF THE MFA HKMAO THE CHINESE. AMBASSADOR KANG JIWEN, NOW THE CHINESE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SINO LUSITANIAN JLG, WAS QUI'S PREDECESSOR IN THIS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. MIAC EMPLOYEES ONLY ATTEND BY INVITATION. THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSY IN PEKING IS INVOLVED BOTH AS A POST-BOX FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND AS INFORMAL SOUNDING BOARD (THIS IS UNUSUAL SINCE MACAU REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE NOT THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT). VASCONCELOS SAID THAT BEFORE ZHOU NAN'S APPOINTMENT TO THE NCNA HONG KONG HE MADE MANY OF THE DECISIONS. (IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE MACAU GOVERNMENT MEETS WITH THE MFA AND NOT THE STATE COUNCIL).
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