Convention and Exhibition Centre I visited yesterday. I look
forward to seeing a continuing growth in the level of this
bilateral trade though very much hope that companies like
yourselves will be able to continue to take advantage of the
current opportunities in the market place and make a major
contribution to redressing the balance of trade.
The UK has traditionally performed well in Hong Kong's project
sector, and the visits I have paid while in Hong Kong have
emphasised to me the importance and extent of that involvement.
British consultants, for instance, are in Hong Kong in large
numbers and involved in a variety of different projects.
They have
a well-deserved reputation for absolute objectivity and even
projects won by our international competitors are likely to have a
British consultant involved in the design or supervision.
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For our power generating industry Hong Kong is our most important
export market worldwide. The Castle Peak Power Station is a
UK
showpiece of British engineering with its GEC turbines and Babcock
boilers and the achievements here have been instrumental in helping
British companies sell power generation equipment into China.
companies have continued to win contracts in this important sector
and China Light and Power and Hong Kong Electric expansion plans
offer exciting opportunities for British involvement in the coming
months.
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