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FM BTC HONG KONG TO PRIORITY DTI
TELNO OTTER 217
AMENDED DISTRIBUTION 20/11.
OF 19113OZ NOVEMBER 91)
INFO PRIORITY F C 0, PEKING
FOR PEP
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0 3PEC 1991
HWB 18273
MY TELNO OTTER 194: GORDON WU AND PROJECTS:
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SHAJIAO C POWER
AT A MEETING WITH LORD PRIOR, LIPPETT AND ABRAHAMS OF GEC ON 19 NOVEMBER, GORDON WU CONFIRMED THAT GEC ALSTROM ARE LIKELY TO GET THE ORDER FOR 2 X 660 MW TURBINES FOR THE SHAJIAO C POWER STATION PROJECT, BUT THAT THEY WOULD NOT GET THE ORDER FOR THE BOILERS WHICH WOULD GO TO CE OF THE US (WHO IN THE EVENT WOULD BE LIKELY TO SUPPLY FRENCH MADE BOILERS). HE ALSO SAID HOWEVER THAT GEC ALSTROM WERE LIKELY TO WIN THE ORDER FOR ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT AND FOR SOME OF THE BOILER RELATED PACKAGE. ALTHOUGH THE GEC TEAM CONTINUED TO ARGUE FOR GEC ALSTROM BOILERS THEY ARE OF COURSE WELL CONTENT WITH THE PROSPECT OF AN ORDER WORTH AT LEAST SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS.
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