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TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG TELNO BTC 40 OF 4 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PERSONAL GOVERNOR HONG KONG,
FOLLOWING FROM LIPPĪTT, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY.
HONG KONG POWER STATION PROJECT
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RECEIVOR IN REGI P: No. 51
10 JUN1977
FOLLOWING SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE'S DISCUSSION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, WE WISH YOU TO HAND SIR LAWRENCE THIS TELEGRAM, WHICH SETS OUT SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR HIS CONSIDERATION:
1) BRITISH INDUSTRY IS OFFERING IN PRINCIPLE A CAPABILITY TO CARRY OUT A TEN YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ON BEHALF OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER, INCORPORATING A POWER STATION, TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT, PUMP STORAGE SCHEME, DOCK HANDLING FACILITIES, DESALINATION PLANT.
ICH, WE
II) SPECIFICALLY WE WOULD BEGIN WITH PHASE ONE WHIC UNDERSTAND, WOULD INCORPORATE A 2 X 350 MW DUEL FIRED POWER STATION, DOCK SIDE FACILITY FOR COAL HANDLING, 430 KV TRANSMISSION LINE, AND, IF REQUIRED, PUMP STORAGE EQUIPMENT.
III) BRITISH INDUSTRY WOULD ENTER INTO NEGOTIATED TURNKEY
CONTRACT ON THE BASIS THAT THE PRICE OF THE IMPORTED ELEMENT
OF CONTRACT WOULD BE ON A PAR WITH OTHER BIDS BY THE COMPANIES
ACCEPTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD,
IV) THE PRINCIPAL COMPANIES TO BE INVOLVED IN PROGRAMME WILL BE: GEC, BABCOCK AND WILCOX, BALFOUR BEATTY, BOVING, WEIR GROUP. IF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER WISHED CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT BY A COMPANY BASED IN HONG KONG, UK INDUSTRY COULD BE INTERESTED IN A JOINT VENTURE ARRANGEMENT.
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