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Consular Dept Security Dept

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News Dept

Mr

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1. Noted.

design-brief

2. - Yes. The design brief timetable means that we would not want access to the site before early 1993 (except for test-boring for the Geotechnical

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Mr Heap, BTC, Hong Kong Mr Pugh, British Council

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Mrs Sutherland

Mr Burns

PS/Lord Caithness

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HONG KONG: BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL

Problem

1. The project team has now visited Hong Kong to explore the way forward. What should the next steps be?

Recommendation

2.

a)

b)

c)

I recommend that:

Lord Caithness should be prepared to intercede with the Governor to ensure that the terms of the Private Treaty Grant take sufficient account of HMG's longer term interests;

we should proceed with colocation of the British Council;

we should appoint Swire Properties as our executive Project Managers in Hong Kong;

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