Classification
OUT TELEGRAM DRAFT
Caveat
Precedence
YFB 4A
.FM (post)
ZCZC
1
TC
CAVEAT
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
..PRIVACY MARKING/RESTRICTIVE PREFIX
FM
4
TO
5
TO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
TELNO
6
OF
AND TO
7
8
FOR SBTC FROM HUM (AUSS)
10 YOUR TELNO 166: POST 1997 ESTATE IN HONG KONG
11
12
1.
13
......TO (precedence/post)
................. TELNO/TELELETTER
......OF (Date/Time of origin) AND TO (precedence/post)
The Steering
Thank you for these recommendations.
Committee meeting, which I chaired on 9 June, considered carefully
those directly related to the C-G building (that is B, C and E of
15 para 1 of TUR). We shall want to address A and D in slightly
16 slower time.
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17
2.
18
On budget policy, the cost of the building is mainly 19 caused by its size, and this is determined by the staffing and 20 operational requirements that are forecast for the C-G and BC, and 21 were implicit in the agreed brief. I am tasking HKD to re-check
22 with RMD and PMD the assumptions underlying these forecasts: BC 23 are following up a comparable exercise. Some reductions in size
24 may be achievable as a result. As to future cost control, OED and
25 Swires will put all appropriate mechanisms in place. EXCO'S
26 conditions for the PTG at nominal charge included a ceiling of 27 gross floor area of 19,000 square metres and limitations on the 28 way this space could be allocated. We cannot therefore include
29 more than 9 junior flats on the C-G site. We would of course
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