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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1069 OF 25 OCTOBER.
YOUR TELNO. 820.
PQ ON MTR.
WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING
QUOTE
LAST
RFF
BLF.
THE CONTRACTS ABOUT TO BE LET ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE EIGHTH OF THE TOTAL VALUE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY. THEY COVER PART OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PART OF THE WORKS. ONLY ONE BRITISH FIRM WAS REPRESENTED AMONG THE NINE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES OR GROUPS WHICH TENDERED FOR THIS WORK, OUT OF 21 WHICH EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN TENDERING. IT DID NOT SECURE A CONTRACT. THE LETTING OF THE BULK OF THE REMAINING CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTS WILL BE SPREAD OVER THE PERIOD FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY 1976
UNQUOTE.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HKIOD (3)
PARLIAMENTARY UNIT
PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON
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