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AMBASSADORS VISIT TO DAYA BAY
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18 MAY
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SUMMARY
1. A WORTHWHILE VISIT. PROJECT STILL BASICALLY ON SCHEDULE GNPJVC
TOOK OPPORTUNITY TO REINFORCE THEIR CONCERNS ON SOME POINTS
REGARDING UK CONTRACTORS.
2. ACCOMPANIED BY BILL STONES, SIR JACK CATER, PETER SUI AND MYSELF THE AMBASSADOR VISITED THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER
STATION SITE ON 18 MAY. HE WAS GIVEN AN EXCELLENT BRIEFING BY WANG QUAN GUO, CHAIRMAN: C K HO, VICE GENERAL MANAGER AND ZAN YUN LONG, GENERAL MANAGER. THERE WAS ALSO TIME TO VISIT THE SITE AND
MEET GEC PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES.
3. GENERAL MANAGER ZAN DEVOTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THE BRIEFING
TO A CATALOGUE OF SHORTCOMINGS OF GEC AND THEIR SUB-CONTRACTORS. IN ADDITION TO WORRIES ABOUT INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF SUB-CONTRACTORS BY GEC, THE PERFORMANCE OF L G MOUCHEL, CLEVELAND BRIDGE AND DAVY MORRIS CAME IN FOR CRITICISM.
4. A FULL REPORT FOLLOWS BY BAG, BUT THE MAIN CHARGES REMAIN THOSE RELATED TO DELAY IN DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT AND DRAWINGS, AND SOMEWHAT SHODDY WORKMANSHIP IN A FEW SPECIFIC INSTANCES.
5. IN CONVERSATION LATER, THE AMBASSADOR SPOKE TO MANUEL (GEC SITE MANAGER) AND TO THE CLEVELAND BRIDGE REPRESENTATIVE. HE WAS
GIVEN THE IMPRESSION BY THEM THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WERE PERHAPS
TAKING SOME POINTS OUT OF PROPORTION BUT ADMITTED THAT IN OTHER AREAS THEY HAD NOT REACHED THEIR USUAL HIGH STANDARDS.
6. IN REPLY TO GNPJVC COMPLAINTS, AMBASSADOR THANKED THEM FOR BEING SO FRANK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS, AND FOR BRINGING THEM UP AT A STAGE
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