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contracts about to be let for civil engineering works is not therefore a great surprise. (The one British firm which tendered was J L Kier.) UK companies are, however, thought to be in a better position to compete for the contracts which still have to be awarded on the mechanical and electrical engineering sides of the scheme.

4. I submit draft replies.

The Home Office and the DOT concur,

as appropriate, and the Hong Kong Government's advice has been taken fully into account.

D.F. Milton

D F Milton

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.

27 October 1975

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PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts