HOFO 010/09
00 D O I
GR 390
CYPHER/CAT A
HKK 164 $
REGIO▼Y
RECEIVED IN REG. YY80. 51
9 AUG 1978
DECK OFFIC INDEX
No
FM BTC HONG KONG 0904052
CONFIDENTIAL
LIQUIETRY
Action Taken
Dee
215
X-3
TO IMMEDIATE D.0.1 TELNO. INDUS 104 OF 9 AUGUST 78.
(205
YOUR INDUS 161 UNITS 3 AND 4.
206
04027
K129
TRED (2)
HKS D
1. NOTE THAT LIPPITT WILL BE SENDING KADOORIE A HOLDING REPLY
TO HIS LETTER OF 12 JULY. AS KADOORIE IS NOT DUE BACK IN HONG KONG UNTIL 23 SEPTEMBER I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A COPY TO HAND TO SIDNEY GORDON.
INDUS 96
2. 1 CANNOT USEFULLY ADD TO THE INFORMATION IN MY
ON FUTURE LINKS BETWEEN CLP AND HKE. NEITHER THE GOVERNOR, NOR JEAFFRESON NOR TAYLOR ARE IN HONG KONG AND WE SHALL NOT KNOW WHETHER EARLY JOINT GENERATION IS LIKELY UNTIL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN A DECISION ON THE HKE SITE APPLICATION ON THE BASIS OF THE STUDIES REPORTED IN MY TEL UNDER REF.
3. ANY COMBINED BOARD WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE ON ITS FUTURE PURCHASING
-POLICY IN THE LIGHT OF HKE'S WELL KNOWN PREFERENCE FOR OPEN TENDERING AND CLP'S PREDILICTION FOR NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS. AS KADOORIE IS DETERMINED TO RETAIN CONTROL OF ANY NEW JOINT ENTERPRISE, I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO ENLIST H.M.G'S HELP FOR CLP BY REMINDING US THAT A JOINT PURCHASING POLICY MIGHT TURN OUT
LESS FAVOURABLE TO OUR INTERESTS. BENJAMIN AND HAVELOCK WILL RECALL THAT THIS WAS THE TENOR OF HIS INTERVENTION AT THE MEETING
ON JULY 6 (PARA.4 OF MY INDUS 78 REFERS).
4. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING DR RIZK AND HOPE HE HAS AUTHORITY
TO SETTLE THE GAS TURBINE ISSUE. I AM PUZZLED BY DEAN BARRETT'S
REFERENCES TO INTERNATIONAL TENDERING ON UNITS 3 AND 4
MEITUED