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6. OED said that the Private Treaty Grant text had now been
almost agreed with the Hong Kong Building and Lands Department. There had been a problem over the use of any space becoming surplus to the needs of the Consulate General in the future. As the Colvin House Site was being given to
us cost free the Hong Kong Government did not want us to
make any commercial profit out of it. OED were satisfied
that this point had now been resolved.
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Mr Hum concluded that the Committee endorsed OED's veaumendakian epoise of the Farrell design for the future Consulate
suljack to the tintors General. He said that OED should now prepare a submission to Ministers. Once Ministers' approval had been obtained
OED would hold intensive discussions with the architects to
refine and finalise the design. It was hoped that
construction would begin in about a year's time.
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