TNAG-2957-FCO40-4236-Future-of-Hong-Kong-British-Consulate-General-Colvin-House--1993 — Page 57

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HKD 406/1

12 JAN 1993

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Mr Morris Mr Ricketts

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FROM: Deborah Barnes Jones

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 5 January, 1993

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HONG KONG FUTURE CONSULATE GENERAL

Mr Savage, OED

1. Mr Hum will chair a meeting of the Steering Committee on 6

January at 1130 in the East India Council Chamber. The main

business for the committee is to consider (and hopefully

approve for submission to Ministers) costings submitted for

the future Consulate General building by the Quantity

Surveyors. OED will present these. Additionally you have

agreed that it would be useful for the Steering Committee to

look at an outstanding problem with the terms of the Private Treaty Grant (PTG) for the Colvin House site. I have outlined the problem below. It follows that the agenda might be

A

1.

Presentation of QS estimates

Private Treaty Grant: consider the way ahead on Special Condition 14

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3. Any other business

Negotiations between the BTC and the Hong Kong Buildings and Land Administration over the PTG have gone on for over a

year. Many differences have been reconciled but there remains

a sticking point. This is Special Condition (SC) 14 (copy

btc.sc14.dbj

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