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It was against this general background that we discussed specific cases as follows.
Instrument Landing System (ILS)
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The requirement is for a nov instrument landing system which would not be interfered with by the roadway now being installed under the runway. Mir Thomson told me that Scott Wilson and Kirkpatrick, who are the consultants on the runway scheme and also his advisers for the purpose, have with the concurrence of his own technical advisers told him that the British equipment will not meet this requirement and he is therefore recommending the purchase of equipment from a Europe country (query, Ilolland)
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Secondary Surveyance Radar (SSR)
By far the best equipment so far seen by the Hong Kong authorities in this field, is that produced by Flesseys, but ir Thomson said that he had been advised that it was too sophisticated for Hong Kong's requirement and that the expense of it would not therefore be justified. In these circumstances he had felt he had no alternative but to go for less sophisticated (I think Italian) equipment.
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Mr Thomson said that he was now in the process of considering all the bids put forward by various consult- ants for the preparation of a feasibility study on the expansion of airport facilities at Hong Kong, either around the present airport or by the provision of a second airport. He said that he was finding this the most difficult task that he had ever undertaken, but his first impressions on looking through the detailed "outline approaches" submitted by the various consultants was that the Americans were far superior to anyone else both in their approach and in the sort of expertise that they were able to offer. The two British firms of consultants Halcrows (who have been proposed by the Crown agents) and Scott Wilson and Kirkpatrick
had not put in very impressive bids and did not seem to have anything like as much experience in this field.
I said that I was sorry to hear this and asked him whether there was still time for other British consultants to be invited and to put in tenders, since I was sure that we could find consultants that were very well qualified. He said that it had been decided that there should be a "ration" of consultants from each of the main countries with experience in this field and the British ration had been two; this could not now be extended and in any case it was now too late for further detailed bids to be prepared and submitted. He had to complete his own evaluation and make a recommendation before the end of August when he would be leaving for the UK to attend a meeting of the Commonwealth Air Transport Council.
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