TNAG-0565-FCO40-660-Construction-of-an-underground-railway-system-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 28

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GR 89

IMMEDIATE

CYPHER/CAT A

FM HONG KONG 250345Z

HKK 21/11

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1069 OF 25 OCTOBER.

YOUR TELNO. 820.

PQ ON MTR.

WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING

QUOTE

LAST

RFF

BLF.

THE CONTRACTS ABOUT TO BE LET ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE EIGHTH OF THE TOTAL VALUE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY. THEY COVER PART OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PART OF THE WORKS. ONLY ONE BRITISH FIRM WAS REPRESENTED AMONG THE NINE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES OR GROUPS WHICH TENDERED FOR THIS WORK, OUT OF 21 WHICH EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN TENDERING. IT DID NOT SECURE A CONTRACT. THE LETTING OF THE BULK OF THE REMAINING CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTS WILL BE SPREAD OVER THE PERIOD FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY 1976

UNQUOTE.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

HKIOD (3)

PARLIAMENTARY UNIT

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

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COPIES TO:

MR FISHER OPG DOT

1 VICTORIA ST

P.a.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON

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