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Mr Year Pater,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SEC:
GOVERNMENT SECRETA
HONG KONG
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4 September 1991
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Useful to have set this straigh!
I still wonder whether the Chinese may complain about the refusal to re-open the pre-qualification exercise for them, but the reason are good & there is a
practical way forward
PADS_Tenders
I noticed that in a couple of recent telegrams the FCO you seem to be suggesting that the Hong Kong Government and the FAA are giving the impression that it would be to the advantage of consortia bidding for PADS projects to include Chinese mainland companies.
I accept that some local newspapers tried to put mischievious spin on Richard Allan's answers at a press conference to suggest that he was going out of his way to accomodate the Chinese. But if you look at the transcrip which I have done, you will see he was meticulously even-handed in his answer to loaded questions about Chine involvement.
As to the Hong Kong Government's position, we to In an answer to a press ques have played it by the book.
as to whether the presence of Chinese companies in a consortia would be an advantage, I am on the record as sa that we believe in 'level playing fields' and there is no question of favouring Chinese companies.
Mr P W Heap, CMG
Senior Trade Commissioner British Trade Commission 9/F1, Bank of America Tower 12 Harcourt Road Hong Kong
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