What does Hong Kong buy from Britain ?
£ Aircraft:
In 1989, Cathay Pacific Airways ordered new
additions to its Boeing 747-400 fleet which will require
172 Rolls Royce engines.
The airline ordered 24 Airbus
A330-300s for delivery in the mid-1990s.
This order is
worth nearly £l billion.
Cathay has also ordered a £6 million flight
simulator from Rediffusion.
£ Rolling Stock: In 1986, the Kowloon Canton Railway ordered 96 new carriages from Metro Cammell for delivery
The order is worth £58.3 million.
in 1990-91.
£
The Mass Transit Railway bought £120 million
worth of British rolling stock, signalling and remote
control equipment from Britain.
Expansion of the MTR (for
instance to the new airport) will mean more opportunities
for British firms.
£
British sub-contractors (including Balfour Beatty, Hawker Siddeley, Vickers, Henry Boot and GEC) provided 20% of the equipment and services for the £83 million Light Rail Transit System in Tuen Mun.
£ Gas plant: Babcock's were awarded a £69 million contract in August 1989 for the construction of a new plant at Tai Po for the Hong Kong and China Gas Company. The UK component of this contract is worth £25 million.