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TO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
TELNO OTTER 3
OF 03170OZ JANUARY 90
HKC182
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1990
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REGISTRY Action Taken
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163306
MDLIAN 7796
FOR HEAP FROM FINCH, PEP1B
YOUR TELNOS 2 AND 3: AIRPORT PROJECT
WE HAVE SEEN THE TEXT OF MRS CHAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH APPEARED IN FINANCIAL TIMES OF 3 JANUARY, AND HAVE SPOKEN TO BASL AND UKAG.
2.
BASL (ROGER KITLEY, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR) SAID THEY WERE INITIALLY SURPRISED TO HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED. REFLECTION HOWEVER THEY THOUGHT BASL MAY HAVE GIVEN HKG THE IMPRESSION THAT THEIR PRIME INTEREST WAS IN EQUITY PARTICIPATION IN, AND OPERATION OF, A PRIVATISED AIRPORT, DESPITE BASL'S BID TO PREQUALIFY FOR THIS STUDY. BASL ASSUME THAT PARSONS (RMP ECON) WILL WIN THE MASTER PLAN CONTRACT, BECAUSE OF THEIR EARLIER WORK FOR HKG. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW CONTRACT IS TO RENEW AND UPDATE THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN AND TO EXAMINE THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROJECT.
3.
UKAG'S ATTITUDE TO THE STUDY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY
THE
A NON-BRITISH CONSULTANT IS COLOURED BY THEIR COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CAESARS WIFE ATTITUDE OF BRITISH CONSULTANTS. UKCAA'S COYNESS REFERRED TO IN PARA 3 OF OUR OTTER 262 IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. PROVIDED THE STUDY DOES NOT DESCEND TO A LEVEL OF DETAIL WHERE FOR EXAMPLE USFAA STANDARDS ARE IMPOSED, AS OPPOSED TO ICAO STANDARDS, OR WHERE DETAILED EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS ARE DRAWN UP - WRITTEN AROUND US, THEY WOULD HOPE TO JAPANESE OR DUTCH EQUIPMENT
LIVE WITH A STUDY CARRIED OUT BY A NON-BRITISH GROUPING. ANY INFORMATION ON THE DETAILED SCOPE
روسه
OF THE STUDY YOU CAN GLEAM FROM LOK WOULD BE VALUABLE.
ON THE BRITISHNESS OF THE HALCROW/BECHTEL RUNNER, THE HKG PRESS STATEMENT DESCRIBES THEM AS HALCROW
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