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RECEIVE REGISTY NO. 51
NOV 1978
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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS 197 OF 15 NOVEMBER
INFO D O T (FOR CRE4), PEKING.
FOR JARDINE, SHIPBUILDING POLICY DIVISION.
MY LETTER OF 31 OCTOBER: HOVERMARINE.
EDMUND LAU TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT A SYNDICATE FORMED. IN MACAU
TO OPERATE A NEW HOTEL VENTURE HAS BEEN GRANTED AUTHORITY BY THE CHINESE TO OPERATE A HOVERFERRY SERVICE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU. I HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT THIS IS THE SYNDICATE REFERRED TO IN THE ENCLOSURE TO MY LETTER M120/1(A) OF 9 JUNE TO FARROW.
2. EDMUND LAU SAID THAT THE SYNDICATE WISHED TO BUY THREE HM5 HOVERCRAFT AND HAVE ASKED THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATEI FERRY CO LTD
TO ACT AS MANAGING AGENTS. THIS DEVELOPMENT UNDERLINES THE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HOVERCRAFT IN THIS MARKET
REPORTED IN MY LETTER UNDER REFERENCE.
3. THE CHAIRMAN OF HOVERMARINE, ZEBEDEE, WILL BE IN HONG KONG
LATER THIS WEEK AND I HOPE TO ARRANGE FOR HIM TO MEET JOHN LIPPITT WHO IS CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG CONDUCTING NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY FOR A NEW ENV TRANSMISSION