SIR ELLY KADOORIE & SONS
ST GEORGE'S BUILDING
FOUNDER
SIR ELLY KADOORIE, K.B.E., COM.LEG.HON,
PARTNERS
:
LAWRENCE KADOORIE, LL.D., CHEY.LEG.HON. HORACE KADOORIE, O.B.E., Chey.LEG.HON.
REF..
TEMPORARY ADDRESS DURING REBUILDING:- LANE CRAWFORD HOUSE, 5TH FL.. DES VOEUX ROAD, C.,
HONG KONG.
TELG: "KADOORIE**
TEL. 240467, 229517, 220337. 238621, 236985
7th February, 1969.
The Hon. J. D. Clague, C.B.E., M.C., T.D., Messrs. John D. Hutchison & Co., Ltd., Union House, 11th floor,
Hong Kong.
Dear Duggie,
Many thanks for letting me see the various corres- pondence and the letter dated, London, 31st January, 1969.
1.
Perhaps these comments should not have been written but, in the interests of British Exports, I feel it is essential those in authority should know of the reaction of some of us here to the cavalier treatment accorded to us by E.C.G.D. which, until recently, I misguidedly assumed was an institution designed to promote trade with the U.K.
The history of the trans-harbour tunnel is known to many and is available to any who may be interested.
2.
Suffice it to say in parliamentary language that it is somewhat confusing:--
3.
When a carefully studied Public Service Project in a British Colony,
(a)
(b)
promoted by a leading British Firm,
(c)
whose Directors in their various capacities
are responsible for purchases in the U.K. worth several million Pounds annually,
(a)
who are advised by a leading firm of British Consultants,
(e)
and who, after lengthy negotiations, obtain a competitive tender from a leading firm of British Contractors,
find that the word "British" has become the Lowest Common Denominator instead of the Highest Common Factor.