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TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
TELNO OTTER 24
OF 07120OZ FEBRUARY 90
AND TO ROUTINE PEKING, TOKYO
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27 MAR 1990
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MDHIAN 5756
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FOR HEAP FROM PEP
AIRPORT PROJECT: UK AIRPORTS GROUP (UKAG)
BALLARD (CHAIRMAN OF UKAG AND MARKETING DIRECTOR OF GEC ELECTRICAL PROJECTS) ACCOMPANIED BY FLAXMAN (PLESSEY AIRPORTS) WILKINS (RACAL) ATKINS (SIMON) AND CLEARY (GEC) SAW ADAMS, ROGERS AND FINCH OF PEP ON 2 FEBRUARY.
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ADAMS BRIEFED UKAG ON HIS RECENT VISIT AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE MEETING WITH PETER LOK OF CAD. UKAG EXPRESSED SOME SCEPTICISM ABOUT CAD'S PLANS TO MOVE EQUIPMENT (ESPECIALLY NAVAIDS FROM KAI TAK TO CHEP LAP KOK, CLAIMING THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE CLOSING KAI TAK FOR SOME WEEKS WHILE THE EQUIPMENT WAS TRANSFERRED, INSTALLED AND RECALIBRATED.
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THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION OF HOW UKAG SHOULD HANDLE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRAFALGAR HOUSE/COSTAIN/MITSUI CONSORTIUM. WE AGREED THAT THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS SOMEWHAT RELUCTANT ASSOCIATE BUT CULTIVATE AT THE SAME TIME STRONG DIRECT LINKS WITH THE CLIENT. THEY WOULD THEN BE IN A POSITION TO LINK WITH ANOTHER BRITISH OR FOREIGN CONTRACTOR IF THE CONCORTIUM MEMBERS WERE CLEARLY ILL-PLACED FOR THE LATER AIRPORT RUNWAY/TERMINAL/EQUIPMENT PROJECT.
3 UKAG DESCRIBED THEIR IDEAS FOR A PRESENTATION TO HKG. WHILE EACH MEMBER COMPANY HAS EQUIPMENT TO OFFER, THE PRESENTATION WILL, RATHER, EMPHASISE UKAG'S COLLECTIVE ABILITY TO UNDERTAKE PROJECTS. THEY WILL UNDERLINE THEIR TRACK RECORD ON COLOMBO AIRPORT (WHERE GEC LED UKAG) AND MAURITIUS AIRPORT (PLESSEY) WHERE THEY WERE PROJECT DESIGNERS AND MANAGERS. THEY WILL ALSO POINT TO SIMON ENGINEERING'S GENERAL EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING LARGE (BUT NOT AIRPORT) PROJECTS. THEY INTEND TO CUSTOMISE THE PRESENTATION BY DRAWING ON THE LAYOUTS OBTAINED SUB ROSA FROM THE CAA, BUT INTRODUCING DELIBERATE ERRORS TO PROTECT THE SOURCE, SINCE LOK REFUSED OUR REQUEST FOR THE PAPERS. PEP WILL SEE UKAG'S DRESS
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