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Background
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1.
Representatives of three major British companies involved in
the Hong Kong project sector, GEC, Costain and Trafalgar House, will be present at Mr Renton's lunch.
(a)
GEC
led by GEC failed
to win the main
The
In mid-1985 a consortium
contract to build the Tuen Mun Light Rail system.
company were also represented in the Anglo-Japanese
consortium which recently lost (they finished second) the
prestigious Second Harbour crossing project to a Japanese
consortium led by Kumagai Gumi. On a more successful note,
the company has provided approximately 25% of the equipment
for the important Castle Peak B Power Station project, a
showpiece of British engineering in the Far East. GEC have
lobbi ed for some time for HM the Queen to open the station
officially during her visit to Hong Kong in October. The
Governor does not agree with an opening by HM but has not
discounted the possibility of HRH the Duk e of Edinburgh opening the station on a solo engagement during The Queen's
visit. In early January initial agreement was
reached with
the Chinese covering the supply by GEC of the turbine
generators for the Guangdong Nuclear Power station. The
contract is valued at over £250 million.
(b)
Trafalgar House
The company through Gammon (Hong Kong) which is fifty per
cent own ed by Trafalgar House were represented in the Anglo-Japanese Consortium for the Second Harbour crossing
project. Trafalgar House are currently pursuing the contract
for the Boca Tigris bridge which i s part of Kowloon/Canton Highway project.
the
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