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BUSINESS IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT MARKET. THE ORDER WILL BRING SUBSTANTIAL WORK TO FACTORIES IN HEREFORD, ERITH, PRESCOT AND EDIN- BURGH, AND PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE OF THE GAINS TO BE AD FROM THE CLOSE INTEGRATION OF THE EFFORTS OF U.K. INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY IN PURSUIT OF MAJOR EXPORT BUSINESS.

QUOTE IT ALSO UNDERLINES ONCE MORE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST

FOR BRITISH INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AND SOUTH EAST ASIA UNQUOTE.

IN JANUARY THIS YEAR IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT GEC TURBINE GENERATORS, WITH BABCOCK AND WILCOX AS MAIN SUB-CONTRACTORS, HAD WON A MAJOR POUNDS 189 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF TWO 350 MW GENERATING

SETS FOR THE NEW CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION TO BE OPERATED BY CHINA

LIGHT AND POWER AND ESSO. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ORDER FOR THE

TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IS THE NEXT STAGE IN A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME. THE 400 KV 'SUPERGRID' IS PLANNED EVENTUALLY TO FORM A

COMPLETE RING LINKING THE MAJOR POPULATION CENTRES IN THE NEW

TERRITORIES AND KOWLOON WITH THE NEW POWER STATION, AND WILL BE FULLY

INTEGRATED WITH THE UTILITY'S PRESENT 132 KV NETWORK.

THE NEW ORDER IS A TURNKEY PACKAGE AND INCLUDES THE DESIGN, SUPPLY, AND INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES, UNDERGROUND SUPER- TENSION CABLES, AND SUBSTATION TRANSFORMERS AND REACTORS, AS WELL AS THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO CLP BY BRITISH ELECTRICITY INTERNATIONAL

THE OVERSEAS CONSULTANCY ARM OF THE U,K. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY.

NOTES TO EDITORS.

CHINA LIGHT AND POWER (CLP) IS THE QUOTED HONG KONG COMPANY WHICH

SUPPLIES ELECTRICITY TO CONSUMERS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES

OF HONG KONG. IN ASSOCIATION WITH EASTERN ENERGY, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ESSO, IT HAS UNDERTAKEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW DUAL-FIRED POWER STATION AT CASTLE PEAK, THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST TWO X 353 MW GENERATING SETS FOR WHICH WAS LET TO GEC TURBINE

GENERATORS LTD. (ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 19, 1978) CLP, S CHAIRMAN IS

SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE.

AS IN THE CASE OF THE POWER STATION CONTRACT, THE TEAM NEGOTIATING WITH CLP WAS LED BY OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, HEADED

BY MR A J LIPPITT, A DEPUTY SECRETARY.

THE BUYER CREDIT LOAN FOR THIS CONTRACT WILL BE ARRANGED AND MANAGED

BY J HENRY SCHRODER WAGG AND COMPANY LTD.

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