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CONFIDENTIAL
BRIEF FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE
BACKGROUND
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As the Prime Minister is aware Sir Lawrence Kadoorie (SLK) is Chairman of China Light and Power (CLP) the utility supplying bricity to Kowloon and the New Territories of Hong Kong. 1978 and 1979 he signed contracts with British manufacturers for the supply of a power station and transmission grid worth about £500M at current prices.
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The Prime Minister's last meeting with SLK was on 13 August, 1979 when the discussion centred on UK/China trade and the prospects of signing major orders with his company. Following that meeting, the PM wrote to SIK reiterating HMG's support for his projects (copy attached).
3. 6LK subsequently wrote to the PM on 25 February, 1980 telling her about the Guangdong project (see below) and she replied in general terms on 3 March 1980 (copy attached).
CURRENT POSITION
4. Castle Peak "A" Station
This £500M order comprised 4 x 350 MW boiler and turbo generator units, plus transmission lines. Negotiations were led by the Department of Industry. Progress on this project is overall very satisfactory, and is on schedule for commissioning of the first units in March 1982. The UK can be proud of its achievement on this major project.
Castle Peak "B" Station
A new station on an adjacent site, of 4 x 660 MW sets is under
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