TNAG-2145-FCO40-3064-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-1990 — Page 144

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YOUR TELNO 3382: PAUS: PROSPECTS FOR BRITISH FIRMS

1. MANY THANKS FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CONSULTANCIES AWARDED SO FAR UNDER PADS.

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WE HAVE SEPARATELY SEEN YOUR TELNO 3358 TO ROBIN MCLAREN ABOUT COMPLAINTS FROM KIER ABOUT NOT BEING SHORTLISTED FOR ONE CONTRACT. WE FOUND THE DETAILED EVIDENCE YOU ADDUCED IN THAT TELEGRAM MOST CONVINCING THE SORT OF CHAPTER AND VERSE WHICH WE ARE SURE WOULD IMPRESS NO 10.

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3. WE WONDER THEREFORE WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE A SIMILAR DETAILED JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MORGAN STANLEY AND BECHTEL CONTRACTS. AS YOU KNOW, IT WAS THESE CONTRACTS WHICH CAUSED THE MOST BRUISED FEELINGS IN SOME QUARTERS HERE, AND IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF WE COULD DEMONSTRATE, AS YOU HAVE DONE SO WELL WITH THE KIER CONTRACT, THAT THE DECISION MAKING FOR THESE KEY CONTRACTS WAS THOROUGH, OBJECTIVE AND MECHANICAL.

4. FINALLY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY BREAKDOWN OF THE WORK TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE UK/US PARTS OF THE MAUNSEL/GREINER PARTNERSHIP.

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