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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES

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PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION

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21st January, 1975.

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Written Answer to question in the House

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MR ROBERT TAYLOR (Conservative, Croydon): Asked the Secretary of State for Trade, in view of the failure of the Mitsubishi Corporation to honour its tender for the construction of the Hong Kong Underground, whether he will make immediate representations to the relevant authority for the contract

the second lowest to be placed with the British firm which was tenderer.

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MR ERIC DEAKINS (Secretary of State for Trade): No. The Hong Kong Government have decided that the supplies and services required will be purchased under several separate contracts, for which British firms will be able to compete.

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