FOLLOWS:
PROJECT 77
SI
JCH BY SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE
IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT 77 THE BUILDING OF A NEW POWER STATION
TO MEET THE ENERGY NEEDS OF HONG KONG IN THE 1980'S - IS A
DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED TASK.
IT IS NECESSARY TO AGREE ON A PROGRAMME INVOLVING MANY DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES AND TO APPOINT A TEAM OF EXPERIENCED ENGINEERS TO DEFINE
POWER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND TO SEE THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE
CARRIED OUT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMPANIES CONCERNED.
PREPARATION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND TENDER DOCUMENTS:
EVALUATION OF RESPONSES: SITE EVALUATION AND SELECTION: INVESTIGATION
OF THE SELECTED SITE AND PREPARATION OF A SITE REPORT: AND OPTIM-
ISATION OF PROJECT DESIGN ARE ALL REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE TIME
CONSUMING AND CONSEQUENTLY VERY EXPENSIVE.
THE EXTENT OF THESE SERVICES ARE ESTIMATED TO COVER SOME 200,000
MAN-HOURS OF WORK.
IN ADDITION, SINCE WE ARE DEPARTING FROM OUR POST-WAR PRACTICE OF
UTILISING PURELY OIL FIRED PLANT AND WILL NOW BE INVOLVED IN THE
FAR MORE COMPLICATED SYSTEMS OF BURNING BOTH COAL AND OIL, WE HAVE
TO ARRANGE FOR TRAINING OF PERSONNEL FOR ITS FULL PARTICIPATION
BOTH DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD AND AFTER ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
FOR PROJECT 77 CLP/PEPCO HAVE DECIDED TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH
UK SUPPLIERS FOR THE PROVISION OF THIS NEW POWER STATION RATHER
THAN CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL TENDERS. WE TOOK THIS
DECISION AFTER REVIEWING PROPOSALS PUT TO US BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH, WE CONSIDERED, MET OUR SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY'S PROPOSALS THE FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH
THE DPARTMENT HAS TAKEN SUCH ACTION STATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT
HAD TAKEN THE LEAD BY NOMINATING INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES AS SUPPLIERS:
AND THAT IT HAD TAKEN STEPS TO ENSURE THAT THE DETAILED PROPOSALS WERE TECHNICALLY SOUND.
THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY HAD NOMINATED THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED TO ENGLAND AS THE MAIN CONTRACTOR AND TURBINE MANUFACTURER WITH BABCOCK AND WILCOX AS THE SUPPLIER OF THE DUAL-
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