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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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