HONG KONG MASS TRANS IT SYSTEM
Record of discussions held in Hong Kong 19/20 March 1973
PRESENT:
Hong Kong Government:
Freeman Fox & Partners:
British Consortium:
Messrs P. Hadden-Cave (in the Chair), D. Jones (20 March only), B. Wilson, Robson, A. Wilkins, F de Stratton, M Sandberg, Lau Wah-Sun, J Chan
Mr Wallwork
Lazard Brothers: Messrs. H. Kindersley, P. Godwin GEC: Messrs N. Scott, H. Codd, P. Daw Costains: Messrs D. Newall, J. Mulloy Mowlems: Mr G. Wild
Hong Kong based: Mr J. Lever (Hutchisons)
Mr J. Weedon (GEC Hong Kong)
Mr R Valentine (Slater Walker Hutchison)
Messrs R Fell (19 March only), J. Coggins
ECGD:
Senior British Trade
Commissioner:
Mr T. Aston
FORMAT
1. Plenary sessions were held in the afternoons of 19 and 20 March.
During the morning of 20 March and throughout 21 March consultations on a technical level were held between PWD of HK Government, Freeman Fox and the representatives of GEC, Costains and Mowlem with the purpose of obtaining technical data.
GENERAL PURPOSE
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Mr Hadden-Cave reported that HK Executive Committee had taken a number of decisions in February which he had summarised in his letters to the consortium of February and March. These decisions were respectively:
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the June 1972 decision to go ahead with the full Mass Transit Scheme should be made public
construction of the first 4 stages should be implemented directly and this decision also should be made public
further consultation should take place with 4 consortia, respectively the British, Japanese, Italian and Franco/German
employment of the consultants Freeman Fox should be continued on a month to month basis, their work continuing on the same lines as hitherto
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