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015741 MDLIAN 1904
GOVERNOR
27.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (23.6), THE GOVERNOR WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SPOKEN ON THE TALKS, THE WORKING COMMITTEE OF THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL AND EXCO-LEGCO RELATIONSHIP.
28.
THE PAPERS REPORTED (27.6) IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BBC THE GOVERNOR SAID GREATER PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN THE SIXTH ROUND THAN THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS. REFERRING TO THE SUGGESTION THAT THE DRAFT LEGISLATION ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS BE PUT TO LEGCO NOW, THE GOVERNOR SAID THIS WAS NOT THE VIEW OF THE COMMUNITY AS EXPRESSED IN SOME RECENT POLLS. DURING THE CABINET MEETING HE WOULD RAISE THE MATTER OF TIME CONSTRAINTS BUT WOULD NOT BE SETTING DEADLINES.
NEW AIRPORT
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ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS REPORTED (25.6) FROM LONDON THAT WHETHER PROGRESS COULD BE MADE IN THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT COULD BE A KEY FACTOR IN BRITAIN'S DECISION WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH THE TALKS.
30.
THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL QUOTED (25.6) CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING WHILE THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD NOT INSIST THE SIZE OF THE LOANS SHOULD BE LESS THAN HKD 5 BN, THEY FELT THE LOANS SHOULD BE WITHIN THE REPAYING ABILITY OF THE RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS SO AS NOT TO CREATE ANY BURDEN FOR THE SAR.
31. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS (25.6), WHEN ASKED WHY THE FOREIGN SECRETARIES HAD NOT BEEN MEETING EVERY 6 MONTHS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIRPORT MOU, THE MFA SPOKESWOMAN FAN HUIJUAN SAID THE MATTER WAS SOMETHING TO BE DISCUSSED AND DECIDED BY THE TWO SIDES.
32. A NUMBER OF PAPERS (28.6) QUOTED HKG SOURCES AS SAYING THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD LIKE TO SEEK EARLY AGREEMENTS TO THE CENTRAL/WANCHAI RECLAMATION AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AT THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE MEETING TO BE HELD ON 30 JUNE. ACCORDING TO SING PAO'S SOURCES, THE CHINESE CONSIDERED THE NATURE OF THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING, THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT RAILWAY WERE DIFFERENT: WHILST THE FORMER WAS FUNDED BY: PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, THE LATTER TWO PROJECTS WOULD INVOLVE GOVERNMENT FUNDS. THE SOURCES SAID THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHINESE TOWARDS THE AIRPORT FINANCING PACKAGE REMAINED UNCHANGED. MING PAO
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