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Background

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1.

Representatives of three major British companies involved in

the Hong Kong project sector, GEC, Costain and Trafalgar House, will be present at Mr Renton's lunch.

(a)

GEC

contract

system.

The

Rail

the Anglo-Japanese

In mid-1985 a consortium led by GEC failed to win the main

to build the Tuen Mun Light

company were also represented in

consortium which recently lost (they finished second) the

prestigious Second Harbour crossing project to a Japanese

consortium led by Kumagai Gumi. On a mo re successful note,

the company has provided approximately 25% of

of the equipment

for the important Castle Peak B Power Station project, a

showpiece of British engineering in the Far East. GEC have

I obb i ed for s ome time for HM the Queen to open the station

officially during her visit to Hong Kong in October.

Governor does not agree with an opening by HM but has not

discounted the possibility of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh opening the station on a solo engagement during The Queen's

visit. In early January initial agreement was reached with

the Chinese covering the supply by GEC of the turbine

generators for the Guangdong Nuclear Power station.

contract is valued at over £250 million.

The

The

(b)

Trafalgar House

per

The company through Gammon (Hong Kong) which is fifty

cent own ed by Trafalgar House were represented in the

Anglo-Japanese Consortium for the Second Harbour crossing project. Trafalgar House are currently pursuing the contract

for the Boca Tigris bridge which is part of Kowloon/Canton Highway project.

the

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