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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
1. THE SUCCESS OF KUMAGAI GUMI IN WINNING THE ADVANCED WORKS
CONTRACT FOR THE NEW AIRPORT HAS NOW BEEN ANNOUNCED. THE PRICE QUOTED IS HK DOLLARS 310 MILLION CAPPROXIMATELY POUNDS 20.75 MILLION) WHICH AS REPORTED EARLIER WAS KUMAGAI'S WINNING LOWEST BID. THE WORK INVOLVES RECLAMATION, DREDGING AND SITE FORMATION. KUMAGAI WILL BE PARTNERED BY HAM DREDGING (DUTCH) AND MAEDA CORPORATION (JAPAN). AS REPORTED IN MY TELNO OTTER 004 THE ONLY BRITISH CONTESTANTS, COSTAINS PARTNERED WITH GAMMON, PRODUCED THE HIGHEST BID.
2. A SPOKESMAN FROM KUMAGAI IN WELCOMING THE AWARD HAS ALSO STATED THAT KUMAGAI WOULD BE PART OF THE JAPANESE GROUP BIDDING FOR THE FIXED LINK BRIDGE. ALSO THAT THEY HAVE PRE-QUALIFIED WITH MAEDA AND HAM DREDGING TO TENDER FOR THE YAU MA TEI REPLACEMENT TYPHOON SHELTER PHASE ONE. ALSO THAT THEY HAVE PRE-QUALIFIED TO TENDER FOR THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION NORTH AREA PROJECT. ALL OF THESE ARE PART OF THE OVERALL AIRPORT PROJECT.
3. THE WIMPEY DIRECTOR, ALLAN FORREST, WHO HAS BEEN NURSING THEIR INTERESTS IN THE OVERALL PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG. HE IS RETICENT ABOUT THEIR PLANNED ROLE, PRESUMABLY BECAUSE KNOWING OUR DECLARED SUPPORT FOR TRAFALGAR HOUSE/COSTAIN HE FEARS WE MAY PASS ON WHAT HE TELLS US, BUT IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP WHICH WILL INCLUDE A JAPANESE AND POSSIBLY A EUROPEAN PARTNER TO BID FOR THE VERY LARGE AIRPORT PLATFORM
CONTRACT FOR WHICH PRE-QUALIFICATION IS LIKELY TO BEGIN SOON.
4. LAWSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COSTAIN INTERNATIONAL, IS ALSO HERE IN PURSUIT OF THEIR INTERESTS IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT. HE TELLS ME THAT IN ADDITION TO BEING PART OF THE AJC GROUP FOR THE FIXED LINK, THEY ARE ALSO IN THE HOPEWELL GROUP AS HOPEWELL-COSTAIN. HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES TELL ME THAT ANY RE-ALIGNMENT OF GROUPS AFTER PRE-
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