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1. PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE THAT MARK BERTRAM, CLIVE NEWEY AND I (PROJECT COORDINATOR IN HKD) WILL ARRIVE BY BA 35 AT 1820 ON WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER. WE ARE BOOKED BACK VARIOUSLY ON 6 AND 7 NOVEMBER, BUT THAT WILL DEPEND ON PROGRESS. DEREK SAVAGE WILL BE IN HONG KONG AS PART OF A WIDER TRIP ON 4 AND 5 NOVEMBER. I BELIEVE THAT JARVIS HAS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN HAND.

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NEWEY INTENDS FAXING TO YOU IN A DAY OR SO A PAPER THAT YOU COULD THEN SEND TO PROSPECTIVE PROJECT MANAGERS AS A BASIS OF DISCUSSION AT OUR MEETINGS. PLEASE CONFIRM THE HONG KONG LAND MEETING FOR 1000 ON 31 OCTOBER AND THE SWIRE MEETING FOR 1600 ON 4 NOVEMBER, PREFERABLY AT THEIR OFFICES. WE ARE SURE THAT WE SHOULD SEE ONE OR TWO OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECT MANAGERS FROM PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY FIRMS THAT YOU EARLIER LISTED. OUR FIRST PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR HIGHPOINT, AND I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ARRANGE A MEETING WITH THEM ON 1, 4 OR 5 NOVEMBER. WE SHOULD BE HAPPY TO LEAVE TO YOUR JUDGEMENT WHOM ELSE TO APPROACH.

3. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HKG LANDS PEOPLE ABOUT THE TERMS AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE PTG AND THE LEASE ON 4 AND PERHAPS 5 NOVEMBER. ON OUR SIDE THE TEAM WOULD BE SAVAGE AND I CAND, I WOULD SUGGEST, SOMEONE FROM BTC AND UKREP JLG). COULD YOU PLEASE TRY AND SET UP SUITABLE MEETINGS FOR THIS PURPOSE: WE BELIEVE THAT TONY EASON IS LIKELY TO TAKE THE HKG LEAD ON THIS.

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WE UNDERSTAND (TELECON JARVIS/SAVAGE OF 17 OCTOBER) THAT JOSEPH LAW OF CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH, HKG HAS PROPOSED A MEETING ON 28 OCTOBER TO DISCUSS THE LEASE OF COLVIN HOUSE AND THAT IT IS PLANNED THAT SMITH-LAITTAN WOULD ATTEND FOR BTC AND PAUL FOR JLG. THIS COULD BE HELPFUL. IT WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOUND OUT THE HKG POSITION, WITHOUT COMMITMENT ON OUR PART, SO