香港總督府
CONFIDENTIAL
GOVERNMENT HOUSE HONG KONG
28th April 1977
13514
The De Fill
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NEW POWER
STATION İN HONG KONG
I spoke to you about the need of China Light & Power for a new power station. They propose that it should be coal/oil fuelled, with the intention that the main fuel should be coal. They would like the principal source to be China, both for political reasons and because such a contract could lead to, or even include, the export of British mining equipment to China. Sir Lawrence Kadoorie is also deeply impressed by the importance of the contract going to the UK as we all are. He has recently discussed possibilities in the UK.
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The first generator (350MW) would come into operation in 1982 and would require a bit over 800,000 tons of coal a year. 3 further sets would follow in 1983, '85 and '87, when the total annual coal requirement would be about 3.7 million tons.
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They have spoken to China Resources about this towards the end of last year and again in February. On both occasions their enquiries met neither rejection nor enthusiasm. They gained the impression that if the deal came off the Chinese envisaged (though nothing very firm was said) that the port of shipment would be Shanghai and the source would be Shensi.
4.
China Light will have to place an order for a set (boiler and generator) by October. The design of the boiler will have to take account of the type of coal to be used.
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Time is short. China Light do not want to take a wrong step that might be misunderstood, and they would be grateful for your advice. The alternatives that occur to them are:
H.E. Sir Edward Youde, KCMG, MBE,
British Embassy,
Peking.
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