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250JN 1990
ESK OFFICE.
HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: RECORD OF MEETING WITH
ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSORTIUM, 15 JUNE
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Those present:
Mr Robin McLaren (Chairman) Mr Peter Heap, Senior British
Trade Commissioner, Hong Kong
Mr Christian Adams, DTI
Mr Richard Rogers, DTI
Mr Keith Sedman, ECGD
Ms Rosalind Marsden, HKD
Sir Gordon Manzie,
Chairman of Anglo- Japanese Construction
Limited
Mr John Fletcher,
Trafalgar House
Mr Jim Langford,
Costains
Prospects for a pre-emptive bid for the fixed link
1. Mr Heap reported that the Hong Kong Government was insisting publicly on an open tendering procedure. Nevertheless, they might be receptive to the idea of a negotiated bid if all the main contenders joined forces in
by Bechtel as one group or if they were convinced (eg.
project managers) that the only way that PADS would be completed on time would be by dispensing with a lengthy
Even if the Hong Kong tendering process for the fixed link.
Government were persuaded to think in these terms, however, they might still want to be able to demonstrate to ExCo that
Mr McLaren they had gone through a prequalifying process.
said that although the Hong Kong Government's strong preference was for open tendering, it was conceivable that pressure from the Chinese to get PADS completed before the handover might persuade them to consider a negotiated bid. Sir Gordon Manzie said that the Governor and Sir David Ford had both told him that all things being equal they would
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