CONFIDENTIAL
HKCO20/1
066100 MDLIAN 8599
CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 4
OF 07090OZ JANUARY 90
ри масло.
INFO PRIORITY LISBON, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING, HONG KONG
90/HKB020/63
YOUR TELNO 2425: MACAU AIRPORT PROJECTS
1. MACAU ACTING GOVERNOR NABO MADE A STATEMENT LAST WEEK THAT THE PROBLEM OF SAND SUPPLY TO MACAU'S AIRPORT SITE HAD BEEN SOLVED. THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST REPORTED THIS ON 3 JANUARY. ALSO THAT THE PRC NO LONGER HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS OVER LIKELY NOISE LEVELS FROM AIRCRAFT TO BE USING THE NEW AIRPORT.
2. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET HOLD OF MACAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COMPANY (MIAC) CHAIRMAN FERREIRA CAWAY ON HOLIDAY) BUT GRAHAM HAS SPOKEN WITH THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AIRPORT, JORGE GUIMARAES, ON 4 JANUARY. GUIMARAES CONFIRMED THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SAND NOW ARRIVING REGULARLY IN MACAU. HE SAID THE ZHUHAI AUTHORITIES APPEARED TO HAVE ACCEPTED MACAU'S WRITTEN COMMITMENT TO CHINESE LAWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (THE DISPUTE WAS OSTENSIBLY ON NOISE POLLUTION FROM THE AIRPORT).
3. GUIMARAES ADDED THAT TECHNICAL AGREEMENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH POLITICAL TALKS BUT THAT HE WAS NOT PRIVY TO THE DETAILS OF THESE. THIS IS PROBABLY TRUE. VASCONCELOS (PUBLIC WORKS UNDER SECRETARY) WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER MACAU OFFICIAL DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN HIGH LEVEL TALKS WITH THE CHINESE ON THIS IF FERREIRA WAS AWAY.
4. GRAHAM WILL AIM TO SEE FERREIRA AGAIN ON HIS NEXT TRIP TO
MACAU IN MID-JANUARY.
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