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COD

TRANSPORT

of PROJECTS

AND LINE

A. Express pleasure that British firms

have helped with projects:

Railways

1.

Kowloom

KONG: SUMMARY

IN HONG WITH BRITISH INTEREST

TO TAKE

Canton railway: Metro-Camwall (rolling stock)

2.

Mass Transit railway

3.

Study of

Island Corridor extensión

B.

Point to DTP involvement (as belan

>

express Department's willingness to help with future development

fransmade (project management) Westinghouse (symatting) Balfour Beatty (electrification)

MelFo-Camowell Crolling stock) GEC (power supply) Westinghouse (signathing) Henry Book (track work)

UK-based consultants Martin + Vorhees (see also 10 below)

to Mass Transit railway: (possibly of Light Rapid Fire unit (see also

Traffic Contro

4.

Сураж

West Kowloon Area Control Traffic System:

5. Study of Traffic

Surveillance and

Comtal:

Bus prointes

(see also 12 behane}

Root silom

GEC

Maunsells, consultants 11 below)

(see also

I member of statt seconded to Martin

for

6

months

&

Vorhees

3 staff seconded at different stages for design, management and evaluation of system.

Statt loaned to Mannsells: 2 long-tm, 2 short- term, one official to their Steering Group.

Possible secondment of adviser from JTp.

Advice and time

setting... R..

Reference.

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