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TO ROUTINE D.O.T TELNO.CREDA 56 OF 31 JANUARY 78.

FOR GURTENNE, OPG AND CRE4.

8.

YOUR CREDA 17: MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (MTR) PHASE 2.

1. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDED LIST OF PREQUALIFIERS

HAS BEEN APPROVED BY NTR EXECUTIVE BUT WILL NOT BE RATIFIED

BY FULL BOARD UNTIL 13 FEBRUARY.

2. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IN CONFIDENCE THAT:-

(A) THERE WERE 143 APPLICATIONS (58 CIVIL AND 85 E AND M) FOR PREQUALIFICATION INCLUDING H.K (37), U.K (25), JAPAN (16), FRANCE (15), GERMANY (14) AND USA (10) AND

(B) OF FOUR U.K APPLICATIONS FOR CIVIL WORK, MOWLEM,

COSTAIN AND BALFOUR BEATTY ARE ON RECOMMENDED LIST BUT THERE

REMAINS SOME DOUBT ABOUT FAIRCLOUGHT. WE WERE HITHERTO

UNAWARE THAT MOWLEMS, COSTAINS AND FAIRCLOUGHT WISHED TO TENDER.

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