Foreign and Commonwealth Office
CONFIDENTIAL London SW1A 2AH
Christian Adams Esq
Head of PEP
- Department of Trade & Industry
1 Victoria Street
London SW1.
29 June 1990
Dear Christian,
HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOKYO
1. Thank you for letting us see a copy of the draft telegram which you propose to send to the Chargé d'Affaires in Tokyo. about the Hong Kong Airport-Project.
2.
I have shown the draft to Robin McLaren and Andrew Burns. We have a few minor comments on paragraphs 1 and 2; but would like to suggest a rather more extensive restructuring of paragraph 4.
3. I have indicated the minor changes we would like to suggest on the text (enclosed). As far as paragraph 4 is concerned, we think the line should be as follows:
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The Prime Minister and other senior Ministers have expressed their strong interest in the airport project.
The Anglo-Japanese consortium have made a good start and the Hong Kong Government have been impressed by their capability and range of backing.
- The Hong Kong Government will be keenly interested in value for money. It follows that to win major contracts the price and terms will have to be right.
- The Hong Kong Government have long had a practice of open competition for such contracts.
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We believe that the consortium stands a very good chance of success provided it can offer the firm commitment of
JONAEA
CONFIDENTIAL