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056704
MDLIAN 7882
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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY DTI
TELNO OTTER 195
OF 18095OZ OCTOBER 91
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INFO PRIORITY FCO, ECGD, PEKING, TOKYO
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FOR ADAMS, PEP
MY TELNO OTTER 187: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT.
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THE FOLLOWING ARE THE GROUPS THAT HAVE PRE-QUALIFIED FOR THE AIRPORT PLATFORM CONTRACT, NOW KNOWN AS THE SITE PREPARATION CONTACT, VALUE ROUGHLY POUNDS 750 MILLION. TENDER DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THESE GROUPS IN EARLY NOVEMBER, TO BE RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY 1992, AND WORK BEGINNING IN MAY 1992. IT INVOLVES DREDGING THE RECLAMATION OF 1M250 HECTARES. THE PROJECT DURATION IS ESTIMATED AT 30 MONTHS, WITH PHASED HANDOVERS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF THE TERMINAL AND OTHER FACCILITIES AFTER 24 MONTHS. THE MAIN BRITISH ELEMENTS ARE CONSTAIN AND TRAFALGAR HOUSEIN GROUP (II), BALFOUR BEATTY IN GROUP (V), AND MOWLEM IN GROUP (VI). IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT EVERY QUALIFYING GROUP CONTAINS A STRONG JAPANESE ELEMENT. ALSO ALL BUT THE BALFOUR BEATTY LED GROUP SHOW A CHINESE PARTNER OR ASSOCIATE, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND BALFOUR BEATTY HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY SEEKING A CHINESE PARTER, AND PRESUMABLY WILL STILL EXPECT TO ADD ONE.
2. (I) CHEK LAP KOK CONSORTIUM CONSISTING OF:
(LAND)
DUMEZ INTERNATINAL, OF FRANCE.
PHILIPP HOLZMANN AG, OF GERMANY
HSIN CHONG CONSTRUCTION CO LTD, OF HONG KONG
TAISEI CORPORATION, OF JAPAN
KAJIMA CORPORATION, OF JAPAN
WAN AND HIN CO LTD, OF HONG KONG
CHINA METALLURGICAL CONSTRUCTION CROP, OF CHINA
(MARINE)
DREDGING INTERNATIONAL, OF BELGIUM
NAGGERWERKEN DECLOEDT AND ZOON NV, OF BELGIUM
TOA CORPORATION, OF JAPAN
ASSOCIATED PARTY: MITSUI AND CO
(II) AIRPORT PLATFORM CONTRACTORS CONSISTING OF:
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