4. STRICTLY FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION I HAVE LEARNED FROM DR
GOSLING OF BICC (WHO WILL CONTACT HAVELOCK EARLY NEXT WEEK)
THAT HKE PLAN TO HAVE FOUR SUBMARINE LINKS ACROSS THE LAMMA
CHANNEL FEEDING THE PRESENT POWER STATION AT APLICHAU AND THREE 132KV SUB-STATIONS AT BOWEN, WONGNEICHUNG GAP AND MOUNT DAV'S. HKE ARE PRESENTLY THINKING IN TERMS OF A 275 KV LINK BUT MAY OPT FOR 400 KV TO PROVIDE FOR A POSSIBLE LONG TERM POWER EXCHANGE WITH CLP ACROSS THE MAIN HARBOUR BETWEEN NORTH
POINT AND HOK YUN. IF SO TOTAL NEED WOULD BE FOR 204,000 METRES OF CABLE AT ESTIMATED COST OF £15 (15) MILLION PLUS
ASSOCIATED SWITCH-GEAR. ORDERS WOULD NEED TO BE PLACED BY
THE END OF THIS YEAR.
5. BICC ARE CONSIDERING PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKAGE OFFER WITH
BROWN BOVERI (WHO HAVE SUPPLIED HKE'S PRESENT 132KV SWITCH-GEAR) AND FORMING AN ASSOCIATION WITH JARDINE ENGINEERING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE JARDINE HOLDING IN HKE. I HAVE WARNED GOSLING
THAT JARDINES MAY REQUIRE A **QUID PRO QUO'' ON THE CLP SCHEME. ALTERNATIVE IS TO PUT FORWARD ANOTHER BRITISH PACKAGE WHICH GOSLING CLAIMS WILL INTEREST HKE WHO WOULD LIKE CEGB ASSISTANCE WITH PLANNING OF THE TRANSMISSION LINK.
6. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PURSUE POSSIBILITY OF U.K PACKAGE OFFER FOR TRANSMISSION WITH PEACOCK AND/OR S.L. CHEN OF HKE ?
WE SHOULD NEED TTO WARN CLP THAT WE WERE BIDDING FOR BOTH JOBS
BUT PERHAPS THERE COULD BE A COST SAVING.
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