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PS/Lord Belstead
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214
Agreed.
HONG KONG: OPENING OF MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION
Problem
1.
B
21/4
Should Lord Belstead send a message of congratulations
to the Deputy Governor of Hong Kong on the occasion of the
opening of the Mass Transit Railway's Tsuen Wan Extension on
10 May?
Recommendation
2.
See (11)
I recommend that Lord Belstead send the Hong Kong Government
a telegram on the lines of the attached draft (to be sent to
Hong Kong a few days before 10 May).
Background and Argument
3.
The Modified Initial System of the Mass Transit Railway,
Hong Kong's first underground railway, was completed early in
1980. It was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra
in February 1980, and a message of congratulations was sent to
the Governor then.
4. The second stage of the Mass Transit Railway, the Tsuen Wan
Extension, is due to be opened by Sir Philip Haddon-Cave as
Acting Governor of Hong Kong on 10 May. The construction of
the Extension has been completed about 6 months early in spite
of difficult conditions, and will be comfortably within the
budget of HK$4.1 billion. The British element amounts to about
HK$729 million, or £75.5 million. A Ministerial message would
be much appreciated.
21 April 1982
R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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