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MDHIAN 0620
TH/COSTAIN/MITSUI GROUP WOULD COMPLETE FOR, BUT FAIL TO GET, EITHER THE FIXED LINK OR THE AIRPORT PLATFORM, AND THEN ON PRESENT SHOWING WE WOULD HAVE NOT OTHER SERIOUS PROSPECT FOR WORK GOING TO BRITISH COMPANIES. HENCE I THINK IT IS VALUABLE THAT WIMPEYS AND OTHER BRITISH CONSTRUCTION FIRMS TAKE AN INTEREST IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECT SO THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HORSES IN THE FIELD, EVEN IF WE ARE GIVING ALL OUR LEAD SUPPORT TO TH/COSTAIN/MITSUI.
3. WIMPEY ARE NOT THE ONLY OTHER BRITISH COMPANY NOW SHOWING AN INTEREST. BOVIS ARE SENDING A DIRECTOR HERE THIS WEEK TO LOOK LARGELY AT THE PADS PROJECT. TARMAC ALSO TOLD ME IN LONDON THAT THEY WOULD BE SENDING A DIRECTOR HERE NEXT MONTH WITH THE SAME
OBJECTIVE.
4. AS I HAVE ALSO REPORTED ELSEWHERE, WIMPEY'S COMMENTS IN TOKYO THAT THE TH/COSTAIN/MITSUI CONSORTIUM HAS FALLEN APART ARE NOT NEW. THIS IS A COMMENT THAT IS CIRCULATING WIDELY WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION SCENE HERE AND EVEN TO AN EXTENT WITHIN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE GROUP ARE AWARE OF THIS, AND WE AND THEY ARE DOING OUR BEST TO REFUTE SUCH SUGGESTIONS, BUT IT IS CLEARLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO POINT TO FIRM EVIDENCE OF JAPANESE SUPPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
5. SIR GORDON MANZIE AND JIM CARLILE OF THE ANGLO-JAPANESE GROUP
ARE VISITING HONG KONG FROM 5 TO 9 AUGUST. I HAVE A MEETING ARRANGED WITH THEM FOR 6 AUGUST AND WILL DOUBTLESS BE SEEING THEM ON OTHER OCCASIONS. I AM ALSO ARRANGING FOR ADAMS, THEIR RECENTLY ARRIVED LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE, TO MEET DAVID DELL, DUS, OVER LUNCH DURING THE LATTER'S VISIT NEXT WEEK.
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