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states to the effect that the Deputy Secretary for Economic Services (Hong Kong Government) had advised Mr. Barrow that a consortium

led by Jardine Matheson and "other Honga" would be viewed as a more satisfactory

partner for the Hong Kong Government.

6.

Letter from the Chief Secretary, David Ford to Stewart Elliott of Hopewell which

24th March 1987

refers to the meeting with Government on

27th February, 1987 states that "the information provided at the meeting and

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in your letter is most useful for our assessment of your proposals",

Letter from the Chief Secretary David Ford to Stewart Elliott of Hopewell which states that the Government is serious about Hopewell's proposal and will examine "every

aspect of it with great care".

Meeting between the Government

and Hopewell Consortium's Planners.

The Director of Marine confirmed that the

key difference between Hopewell Consortium's proposal and the Government's rested with the assumption of a road connection for Lantau

(as originally proposed by Hopewell) and acknowledged that this provided "enormous additional

opportunities for development". Graham Barnes

(Government Secretariat for Land and Works

Branch) concluded the meeting by stating

"further studies on the common elements

between Government and the Hopewell Consortium's Scheme would continue".

30th March, 1987

30th April 1987