The Rt Hon The Lord Kadoorie CBE JP Chairman
China Light and Power Company Limited 24th Floor
St George's Building
Hong Kong
Thank you for your letter of 3 January on the outcome of
negotiations about the Guangdong Nuclear Project.
In reaching this advanced stage, the project has had to
surmount an almost unparalleled set of hurdles. You and
your colleagues in China Light and Power can take
justifiable pride in having had the initiative and vision
several years ago to believe, against the odds, that a
project of this scale and complexity could be brought to
fruition. Whilst we have at times sat on opposite sides of
the negotiating table, the British Government has always
recognised the
contribution China Light and Power
have made to the efforts to establish the project, and the
support you have given to the use of British equipment.
I have every confidence in the ability of GEC and
GEC and their
sub-contractors to
make a success of the conventional
island, but we shall in any case continue to take a close
interest in the project's progress.