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THE LAST MAJOR POWER GENERATION DEVELOPMENT SANCTIONED FOR HONG KONG ISLAND ALONE, THEY CANNOT AT THIS STAGE FORCE THE ISSUE BY REFUSING TO GRANT THE SITE.
3. EVEN NOW THE SITE ON LAMMA ISLAND HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY PUBLICOUTCRY AGAINST THE SECOND STATION, I WOULD NOT EXPECT A REVERSAL OF THE DEPARTMENTAL DECISION TO GAZETTE THE PROPOSAL.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LETTERS TO THE PAPERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON LAMMA BUT FEW CORRESPONDENTS HAVE
QUESTIONED THE NEED FOR A SECOND STATION. MY INDUS 99, THEREFORE, WARNED YOU THAT, WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN ITS INTENTIONS
LAST YEAR, THE HKG HAS NOW GOT ITSELF INTO A POSITION WHERE IT WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO ACCEDE TO THE HKE APPLICATION.
4.I AM NOT SURE WHAT MORE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO SECURE THE HKE ORDER FOR THE U.K GIVEN HKE'S WELL KNOWN LINKS WITH MITSUBISHI. I AM UNREPENTANT THAT WE WERE RIGHT TO CONCENTRATE
OUR EFFORTS ON THE CLP DEAL. IT IS NOW FAIRLY COMMON KNOWLEDGE IN HONG KONG THAT THE MITSUBISHI OFFER FOR HKE'S TURBINES, BOILERS AND GENERATORS WAS THIRTY PERCENT BELOW THE NEAREST EUROPEAN BID. IF C.A PARSONS CAN, EVEN AT THIS LATE DATE, BRING THEIR PRICE DOWN TO THE JAPANESE LEVEL, I DO NOT THINK IT TOO LATE FOR US TO APPROACH HKE WITH A LAST DITCH OFFER. BUT HAVING GOT THE CLP BIRD IN THE HAND, I THINK WE SHOULD NOW CONCENTRATE ON SEEKING ORDERS FROM HKE FOR TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT.
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