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H2.
Lu Ping agreed with suggestions that the
expenditure on the airport should be capped. Jiang Zemin said there was no intention of using the airport project for political bargaining (report by DAB on discussions in
Peking, TKP, WWP 25 July 1992).
H3.
At a press conference after the Governor's departure from Peking on 23 October 1992, Lu Ping said that, if work was undertaken unilaterally which involved burdens on the SAR, this would amount to a breach of the
MOU, and in such a case China would announce that it would "no longer make any payments for the whole of the project", and the SARG would not honour any obligations, debts and
contracts concerning the airport. He added that, as the British had already been told, China would "not allow
aircraft taking off from Chek Lap Kok to enter our
airspace" (TKP, WWP 27 Oct 1992).
H4.
Lu Ping was quoted as saying on 5 April 1993 that the idea of Hong Kong managing Shenzhen Airport was just a thought without details; it was still to be examined
(Express 5 April 1993).
H5.
Li Ruihuan told Hong Kong visitors that it would be difficult to separate politics from economic considerations concerning the new airport (Ming Pao, 22
April 1993)..
H6.
Lu Ping told a Hong Kong delegation on 10
September 1993 that China's position of support for Hong
Kong's new airport had not changed. He added that Kai Tak
was saturated and that early construction of the new
airport would be advantageous both to Hong Kong and to
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