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Mr. Manzie
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Mr. Benjamin PEP
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VISIT OF SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE
I am writing to let you know that Sir Lawrence
Kadoorie, the Chairman of the China Light and Power Company,
will be visiting the United Kingdom again from 4-17 August,
and he has asked whether it would be possible for him to see
the Prime Minister sometime between the 7th and 14th.
Since his last visit and meeting with the Prime Minister
on 30 July, 1980, negotiations have been successfully con-
cluded on the Castle Peak B power station project, and full
commercial contracts are expected to be signed on 27 August
in Hong Kong. Largely in recognition of his efforts to
persuade China Light's partner (a subsidiary of Exxon) to
enter into negotiated contracts with UK firms instead of
using normal international tendering proccdures, Sir Lawrence
was awarded a life peerage in the recent Honours List (but he
has not yet chosen his title).
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