TNAG-0636-FCO40-784-Supplies-of-electricity-for-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 101

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FROM LIPPITT:

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER PROJECT

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1. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY SIR JAMES WOODESON THAT MR STONES WROTE RECENTLY TO HIM STATING:

(1) CLP MAY NEED TO ADVANCE THE FIRST POWER PLANT SET TO APRIL 1931 IF CURRENT HIGH RATE OF LOAD GROWTH CONTINUES:

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11) CLP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DETAILS OF PREVIOUS POUNDS STERLING 20 MILLION UK MINING MACHINERY EXPORTS TO CHINA: (111) HE HOPES TO VISIT UK END JUNE OR BEGINNING JULY AND THAT SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE WOULD BE WILLING TO COME TO UK AT ANY TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS:

(IV) WHEN IN UK STONES HOPE TO EXPLORE FURTHER WITH WOODESON THE POSSIBILITIES FOR CLARKE CHAPMAN AND PARSONS INVOLVEMENT IN HONG KONG REGARDING QUOTE BOTH SALES OF EQUIPMENT AND SETTING UP LOCAL MANUFACTURING FACILITIES UNQUOTE.

S. C! THE POWER STATION PROJECT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PUT SPECIFIC

PROPOSALS TO SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE VERY SOON.

3. C' THE EXPORT OF MINING MACHINERY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MIGHT DE HELPFUL TO CLP. THE POUNDS STERLING 20 MILLION EXPORTS COMPRISED TWO CONTRACTS PLACED BY THE CHINESE NATIONAL TECHNICAL.

PORT CORPORATION IN 1973 FOR TOTAL OF 21 COMPLETE SETS OF LONGWILL COAL FACE MACHINERY. MAIN CONTRACTORS WERE DOWTY (13 SETS) AVD GULLICK DOBSON (8 SETS). BOTH CONTRACT WERE FIXED PRICE

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BASI, GULLICK DOESON (GD) CONTRACT WAS WORTH TOTAL POUNDS STERLING 5.3 ". GD SUPPLIED THE 300 TON YIELD HYDRAULIC ROOF SUPPORTS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS SUPPLIED COAL CUTTING EQUIPMENT (ANDERSON MAVOR) AND ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT (BALDWIN AND FRANCIS, DICC, BRUSH TRANSFORMERS, JOHN DAVIES DERDY). DOWTY CONTRACT WAS WORTH TOTAL POUNDS STERLING 14.5 M. SUB-CONTRACTORS WERE ALMOST CERTAINLY SITE AS THOSE IN CD CONTRACT.

4. WE ARE "COURAGING THE MAIN COMPANIES TO PURSUE THE POSSIBILITIES OF FURTHER EXPORTS TO CHINA ON BASIS OF PREVIOUS

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