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We have also achieved particular success in the transport field and

Hong Kong is one of our largest markets for double decker buses.

In my short visit here I could not help but notice the number of

British buses, Rolls Royce and Jaguar cards on the road.

Cammell

Equally important for Britain has been our success in the railway

equipment sector. GEC and Metro Cammell worked together on the

Mass Transit Railway an excellent underground railway system

which all of us would like to see emulated in the UK. Metro

with their assembly plant in Kowloon Bay, have achieved continuing

success with the supply of railcars for the MTR and the Kowloon and

Canton Railway Corporation.

Still on the transport side, we have also had some recent success

on the aerospace front. Last year Cathay Pacific announced an

order for 10 Airbus A330s, plus a further 10 options (which may

rise to 14) as replacements for Lockheed Tristars. For Cathay

this is the largest order ever placed and for Airbus Industries'

the biggest contract won in the Far East. It is also the first

time that Rolls Royce engines have been chosen for an Airbus.

British content will be more than 50%, the highest in any Airbus.

The full order (24 aircraft) is worth £1,500m, of which half will

come to British industry. Cathay's outstanding order of Boeing 747s

will also be powered by Rolls Royce engines.

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