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OF 140300 NOVEMBER 1991
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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE DTI
TELNO OTTER 212
INFO ROUTINE FCO, TOKYO, PEKING
TOP COPY Q DIST?
HKB 182 13
1091
137
165023
MDLIAN 4041
FOR PEP AND OT2/2
101
MY TEL NO OTTER 196 (PARAGRAPH 2) AND MY TELNO OTTER 180: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: TUEN SHUNG PLATFORM
J
1 SEVEN COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PREQUALIFIED FOR THIS 60 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE RECLAMATION AND PLATFORM WORK FOR THE AIRPORT SUPPORT TOWN. DREGAGES (FRENCH AND A SUBSIDIARY OF BOUYGUES): KUMAGAI (JAPANESE): CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION (CHINA) WITH VAN OORD (DUTCH): CHINA HARBOUR ENGINEERING (CHINA): GAMMON (LOCAL BUT OWNED BY JARDINES AND TRAFALGAR HOUSE) AND FRANKIE-KIER (FORMALLY PART OF BEZAER ASAI OF UK, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN SOLD TO BULFINGER AND BERGER OF GERMANY, BUT SOME PARTS OF WHICH REMAIN WITH THE UK FORMER PARENT WHICH IS NOW SUBJECT TO THE HANSEN TAKEOVER BID, SO PARENTAGE THOROUGHLY CONFUSED, BUT WITH POSSIBLE UK CONNECTIONS). THERE WERE OTHER SIGNIFICANT BRITISH CONTENDERS, MOST NOTEABLY AMEC, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PREQUALIFIED.
HEAP
YYYY
MAIN
26
MINIMAL
HKD
ADDITIONAL
ADAMS, PEP DTI OT2/2 DTI
2
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DISTRIBUTION
28
JOINT DIRECTORATE ERD
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