TNAG-0322-FCO40-358-Construction-of-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 17

THE GROUP, WHICH TO REPRESENTED IN HONG KONG BY HUTCHISONG INTERNATIONAL LTD, COMPRISES GENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD AS LEAD COMPANY FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND ROLLING STOCK AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER-

ING COMPANIES INVOLVED ARE BALFOUR, BEATTY AND CO LTD., RICHARD COSTAIN LTD., THE CEMENTATION CO LTD., THE MITCHELL CONSTRUCTION

KINNEAR MOODIE GROUP LTD., AND JOHN MOWLEM AND CO LTD.

ISSUED BY:-

THE EXPORT GROUP FOR THE

CONSTRUCTIONAL INDUSTRIES,

3, DEAN TRENCH STREET.

SMITH SQUARE.

LONDON S.W.1.

UNQUOTE.

RAILWAY INDUSTRY ASSOC.

LOCOMOTIVE HOUSE.

BUCKINGHAM GATE,

LONDON S.W.1.

ROSS OF EGCI PROPOSES TO SEND THE RELEASE DIRECT TO THE HONG

KONG PRESS WITH AN EMBARGO TO MIDNIGHT 26 OCTOBER.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENT ON THE TEXT BY MONDAY 18 OCTOBER AND

FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW THIS RELEASE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED

UP FOR EXAMPLE IN OTHER MEDIA. WE ARE ASSUMING THAT CLAGUE WILL

BE THE FRONT RUNNER NOT REPEAT NOT, THE BTC IN FURTHER PUBLICITY. AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH CO 1 YESTERDAY, REQUEST YOUR VIEWS ON SUPPLYING YOU WITH A STOCK OF PUBLICITY MATERIAL IN ANTICIPATION

OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THE UNDERGROUND PROJECT.

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