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appointed to undertake a design and evaluation study for the modernisation programme which includes rolling stock, electrifi- cation, double tracking, station improvements, etc. They were subsequently awarded the detailed design and project supervision contract worth some £3 million. Earlier this year, the contract for the rolling stock, worth over £40 million, was awarded to
Metro-Cammell. British firms are also in the running for the
contracts for electrification of the line.
(iv) Lamma Island Power Station: Hong Kong Electric Company (HEC)
7. HEC (the second of Hong Kong's electric supply companies) switched from British to Japanese equipment in the mid-sixties. In April, a bid to recapture the market through a negotiated con- tract similar to that offered to CLP, failed when the main contract
for the company's new Lamma Island station was again awarded to a Japanese company. Tenders from British companies are however still outstanding for a number of subsidiary contracts worth over
£26 million.
(v) Other Major Projects
8. British consultancy firms are involved in work on two major projects that are likely to be started in the early 1980s: the construction of a fixed crossing between Lantau Island and the
mainland and the construction of a new international airport on
Lantau.
Hong Kong and General Department
September 1979
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