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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY PEKING
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OF 180445Z SEPTEMBER 86
INFO PRIORITY FCO, PARIS
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THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS ISSUED IN PARIS ON 17 SEPTEMBER
**FRENCH CHVIL ENGINEERS CAMPENON BERNARD, LINKED TO A JAPANESE PARTNER AND TWO CHINESE FIRMS, ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THAT A ''PRE- CONTRACT HAD BEEN SIGNED FOR WORK ON THE 2000 MEGAWATT DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN CHINA ADJACENT TO HONG KONG.
THE DOCUMENT, SIGNED WITH GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE COMPANY COVERS THE SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION WORK AND AMOUNTS TO SOME 10 PER CENT OF THE FULL CONTRACT, CAMPENON BERNARD SAND. ITS OWN SHARE OF THE BUSINESS WOULD BE AROUND 50 MILLION DOLLARS.
NOTING THAT THE FINAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE SIGNED 4N THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THE COMPANY SAND TS PARTNERS WERE MAEDA CONSTRU- CTION OF JAPAN AND THE CHINESE FIRMS HUA XING NUCLEAR INDUSTRY CONSTRUCTION AND SECOND BRANCH OF CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEE- RING. DAYA BAY PLANT IS 50 KILOMETRES (30 MILES) NORTH EAST OF HONG KONG.
2. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ADVISE WHETHER YOU KNOW ANY DETAILS OF THE PRE-CONTRACT', 'F A COPY OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU, PLEASE ARRANGE FOR NT TO BE SENT TO US FOR INFORMATION.
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