FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1991
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$301-MILLION CONTRACT FOR BUILDING OF POLICE LAUNCHES SIGNED
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TODAY (FRIDAY)
MARINE POLICK
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR ALLAN PYRKE, SIGNED A $301-MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE BUILDING OF SIX COMMAND/PATROL LAUNCHES BY THE AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES (WA) PTY. LTD.
CEREMONY SIGNING
TODAY
MARKS THR MR PYRKE SAID: "THE
POLICE VESSEL COMMENCEMENT OF ONE OF THE LAST MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE REPLACEMENT PROGRAMME AGREED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1980.
PATROL LAUNCHES WHICH "THE CRAFT THAT WILL BE BUILT ARE FAST
DELIVERED HAVE A DIVISIONAL COMMAND CAPABILITY AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE
A KONG OVER
SIX MONTH PERIOD COMMENCING FOR SERVICE IN HONG FEBRUARY 1993."
IN
THE GENERAL MANAGER OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES (WA)
PTY. LTD, MR JOHN GALLACHER OFFICIATED AT TODAY'S SIGNING CEREMONY.
ALSO
OFFICIATED
WERE THE CEREMONY
AUSTRALIAN AT THE
G.R. BENTLEY AND THE CHIEF
CHIEF STAFF CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG, MR
MARINE POLICE, MR JOHN OFFICER (ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT) OF THE PETTENGELL.
THE THAT
SIGNING PROCUREMENT
CEREMONY
ALSO
OF GOVERNMENT
MR PYRKE TOLD THE GATHERING MARKED ANOTHER IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE VESSELS.
YEAR
A MARKET SURVEY THEY VISITED EIGHT
A TEAM OF SIX GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS UNDERTOOK
WHICH DURING 1989
(1990) AND LAST COUNTRIES AS WELL AS SURVEYING THE LOCAL MARKET.
IN
MR PYRKE SAID:
"THE
PURPOSE OF
THIS
MARKET
SURVEY WAS
TO
BY
VISIT SHIPBUILDERS WHO ARE PRODUCING SIMILAR CRAFT TO THOSE NEEDED THE POLICE AND TO VISIT THEIR CUSTOMERS WHO WERE USING SUCH CRAFT.
"THIS
GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ
GAIN
BENEFIT
FROM ENABLED THE PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE, TO USE A BOAT OF PROVEN CAPABILITY AND AVOID PROBLEMS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY NEW DESIGN.
OTHER
THE
AND NOT
STARTING
"IN OTHER WORDS WE ARE BUYING OFF THE SHELF FROM SCRATCH AS WE HAVE DONE BEFORE WITH MAJOR VESSELS.
THIS SURVEY COVERED 30 SIMILAR PATROL CRAFT SHIPBUILDERS FROM AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INVITED TO TENDER.
AND LED то FIVE HONG KONO BEING
TAXPAYERS
THE BEST VALUE
MR PYRKE SAID: "THE CONTRACT WILL COST THE HONG KONG SOME $300 MILLION AND WE ARE CONFIDENT IT REPRESENTS FOR MONEY.
"I KNOW MY STAFF, AS WELL AS THOSE OF OTHER GOVERNMENT
SHIPBUILDERS
PROVIDE A HIGH LOW MAINTENANCE
DEPARTMENTS, ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING QUALITY PRODUCT THAT HAS SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE AND AND RUNNING COSTS AND THUS BETTER SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
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