TNAG-2141-FCO40-3060-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 87

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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: RECORD OF MEETING WITH

ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSORTIUM, 15 JUNE

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Those present:

Mr Robin McLaren (Chairman) Mr Peter Heap, Senior British

Trade Commissioner, Hong Kong

Mr Christian Adams, DTI

Mr Richard Rogers, DTI

Mr Keith Sedman, ECGD

Ms Rosalind Marsden, HKD

Sir Gordon Manzie,

Chairman of Anglo- Japanese Construction

Limited

Mr John Fletcher,

Trafalgar House

Mr Jim Langford,

Costains

Prospects for a pre-emptive bid for the fixed link

1. Mr Heap reported that the Hong Kong Government was insisting publicly on an open tendering procedure. Nevertheless, they might be receptive to the idea of a negotiated bid if all the main contenders joined forces in

by Bechtel as one group or if they were convinced (eg.

project managers) that the only way that PADS would be completed on time would be by dispensing with a lengthy

Even if the Hong Kong tendering process for the fixed link.

Government were persuaded to think in these terms, however, they might still want to be able to demonstrate to ExCo that

Mr McLaren they had gone through a prequalifying process.

said that although the Hong Kong Government's strong preference was for open tendering, it was conceivable that pressure from the Chinese to get PADS completed before the handover might persuade them to consider a negotiated bid. Sir Gordon Manzie said that the Governor and Sir David Ford had both told him that all things being equal they would

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