(i) The Airport Authority Ordinance will be modelled as far as possible on the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ordinance. The Hong Kong Government will retain power to direct the authority and responsibility for key areas of policy up to 30 June 1997. The Hong Kong Government will be
willing to consider and take into account views of the Chinese side when the Hong Kong Government is drawing up the draft Bill on the authority.
(ii) The Hong Kong Government is willing to appoint a Hong Kong-based individual from the Bank of China Group to sit as a full member on the board of the Airport Authority This member will have equal rights with the other members.
The Chinese side will no doubt give the Hong Kong Government some suggestions as to who this member should be.
(iii) The Hong Kong Government will set up a Consultative
Committee on the new airport and related projects. The
Committee may discuss any relevant matter but will have no decision-making power. It should not delay the progress of the projects.
(iv) The Hong Kong Government will inform the Chinese
side of the members of the Airport Authority and Consultative Committee whom it is proposed to appoint, and will be willing to listen to any views that the Chinese side might have, before deciding on the appointments. The Hong Kong Government is willing to consider the appointment of a Vice-Chairman of the Airport Authority about two years after
its establishment.
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