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HONG KONG AIRPORT CORE PROJECTS: TSING MA BRIDGE
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14 SIR G MANZIE HAS TOLD US THAT TRAFALGAR HOUSE (TH) IS
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NOW WORRIED THAT THE CURRENT UNCERTAINTY IN HONG KONG/PRC 16 RELATIONS OVER THE AIRPORT MIGHT AFFECT THE CONTINUATION
17 OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE CONTRACT. TH WOULD, HE SAYS,
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PREFER NOT TO REFUND THE NEARLY POUNDS 1.5 MILLION OF 19 OPF SUPPORT, WHICH BECAME PAYABLE ONCE THE CONTRACT 20 WAS WON, UNTIL THE SITUATION WITH CHINA IS CLARIFIED, 21 UNLESS HMG CAN GIVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE CONTRACT IS 22 UNLIKELY TO BE INTERRUPTED.
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WE ARE ESTABLISHING PRECISELY WHAT TH'S LEGAL 25 OBLIGATIONS AMOUNT TO IN RESPECT OF THE OPF REFUND.
26 BUT I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY ADVICE ON TH'S
27 WORRIES AND ON WHETHER THEY ARE SHARED BY OTHER MAJOR
28 UK FIRMS ACTIVELY PURSUING ACP CONTRACTS. MEANWHILE THE 29 FCO ARE CONSULTING THE HKG ABOUT THE ASSURANCE OF THE
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