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WHEN THERE WAS STILL TIME TO PUT THINGS RIGHT. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN PRESENT AT THE MEETING BETWEEN STATE COUNSELLOR ZOU JIA HUA AND MR MORRISON AND KNEW THAT MR MORRISON HAD TAKEN PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE ACTION ON THE MATTER FOLLOWING HIS RETURN TO THE UK, INDEED LORD YOUNG HAD TAKEN UP THE MATTER WITH SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF TRAFALGAR HOUSE AND GEC URGING THEM TO ENSURE THAT THINGS WERE PUT RIGHT. AMBASSADOR ASSURED ALL PRESENT THAT HE WOULD USE THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE EMBASSY TO ENSURE ALL POINTS RAISED WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THOSE CONCERNED. HE HOPED REMEDIES TO PROBLEMS WOULD BE FORTHCOMING SOON.
7. MR STONES NOTED THAT THE PROJECT WAS BASICALLY STILL ON SCHEDULE NOT THANKS TO GEC, BUT BECAUSE JVC HAD MANAGED TO REARRANGE TIMINGS OF JOBS ETC. IT REMAINS CLEAR THAT JVC PERCEIVE GEC TO BE FALLING SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS. THAT JVC SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN TO THE STATE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS REFLECTS THE SERIOUSNESS WITH WHICH THEY TAKE THE
MATTER.
8. WE BELIEVE THAT THE AMBASSADORS VISIT WAS APPRECIATED BY GNPJVC. THEY GAVE US A WARM WELCOME. THE SITE ITSELF IS IMPRESSIVE, IT IS WELL ORGANISED AND WELL RUN. LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL OF
CHINESE MEMBERS OF JVC IS ALSO IMPRESSIVE.
9. AS YOU KNOW CHAIRMAN OF GNPJVC WANG QUAN GUO EXPECTS TO VISIT UK
17-23 JUNE. INLIGHT OF THEIR LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN GEC, THE
OPPORTUNITY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO GIVE A GOOD IMPRESSION, NOT ONLY BY GEC BUT ALSO BY DTI. WE HOPE THEREFORE THAT HE BE WELL LOOKED
AFTER AND RECEIVED AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL.
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