1. CHINA LIGHT AND POWER (CLP) IS THE QUOTED HONG KONG COMPANY
WHO SUPPLIES ELECTRICITY TO CONSUMERS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES OF HONG KONG. IN ASSOCIATION WITH EASTERN ENERGY, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ESSO, IT HAS UNDERTAKEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW DUAL-FIRED POWER STATION AT CASTLE PEAK, THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST TWO X 350 MW GENERATING SETS FOR WHICH WAS LET TO
GEC TURBINE GENERATORS LTD. (ANNOUNCED ON 19 JANUARY 1978).
CLP'S CHAIRMAN IS SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE.
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