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DTI FOR ADAMS, PEP, MILES, JOINT DIRECTORATE AND MEADWAY, OT2
MIFT: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
SUMMARY
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THIS PROJECT IS NOW PROGRESSING RAPIDLY. THE SELECTION PROCESS IS WELL UNDERWAY OR IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF PLANNING FOR MOST OF
THE MAJOR CONTRACTS. THE CURRENT POSITION SUMMARISED, WITH AN
INDICATION OF THE STANDING OF BRITISH FIRMS.
DETAILS
(A) THE BRIDGES
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TENDERS FOR THE MAIN BRIDGE (TSING MA) CONTRACT, VALUE LIKELY TO BE POUNDS 600 MILLION OR MORE, ARE TO BE SUBMITTED ON 16 DECEMBER, WITH A CONTRACT IN SPRING 1992, AND WORK TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY 1997. THE TRAFALGAR HOUSE/COSTAIN/MITSUI GROUP (ANGLO JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION) IS THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT BRITISH INTEREST AMONG THE FOUR REMAINING BIDDERS. MOST INFORMED COMMENTATORS HERE REGARD IT AS A TWO HORSE RACE, BETWEEN AJC AND THE ALL JAPANESE GROUP. HOWEVER NEITHER THE HYUNDAI LED KOREAN GROUP, NOR THE BOUYGUES LED MOSTLY EUROPEAN GROUP, CAN BE WRITTEN OFF, AND SOME FEAR THE KOREANS COULD SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERBID THE OTHER THREE. AJC HAVE SENT OUT A NEW RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, HOLLANDERS, FROM CLEVELAND BRIDGE, TO PURSUE THEIR INTEREST IN THIS, LEAVING THEIR OTHER NEWLY ARRIVED REPRESENTATIVE, WATKINSON, TO PURSUE THE SITE PREPARATION CONTRACT.
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TENDER DOCUMENTS FOR THE SECOND BRIDGE AND THE VIADUCT ACROSS THE MA WAN ISLAND (KAP SHUI MUN MA WAN VIADUCT) CONE CONTRACT) WILL BE SENT OUT ON 31 OCTOBER TO EACH OF THE QUALIFYING GROUPS FOR THE TSING MA BRIDGE PLUS A KUMAGAI LED
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