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MY TELEGRAM NO. 33: HONG KONG AIRPORT: BAA ASPIRATIONS.
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1 I HAVE NOW SPOKEN WITH THE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER ABOUT THIS CONTRACT. HE TELLS ME THAT MARSHALL, MACKLINE AND MONAGHAN CONDUCTED A LONG HARD CAMPAIGN, BACKED BY SUPPORT FROM THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, TO GET A PLACE IN THE AIRPORT PROJECT. HE SAID THAT FAR FROM BEING AN AFTER-THOUGHT ADDED BY WARDLEYS, THEY WERE A JOINT AND MAJOR PART OF THE WARDLEYS TEAM AND WERE PROBABLY A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN WARDLEYS GETTING THE CONTRACT FOR FINACNIAL ADVICE ON THE AIRPORT ITSELF. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR A NEW TERMINAL AT TORONTO AIRPORT WHICH IS WHOLLY PRIVATISED WHICH AD IMPRESSED THE GOVERNOR WHEN HE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO SEE IT, AND WHICH MRS ANSON CHAN HAD ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO SEE LAST SEPTEMBER, BOTH THROUGH ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
2. IT IS ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT MARSHALL MACKLINE AND MONAGHAN HAD A STRONG PRESENCE AT APEX 91 (24-27 JANUARY), AND WERE PRESENT AT A MAJOR DINNER GIVEN BY THE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER FOR ALL THE CANADIAN EXHIBITORS, ATTENDED BY MRS ANSON CHAN, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES AND MICHAEL LEUNG, SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT AMONG OTHER SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS (SOMETHING THAT MY ALLOWANCES WOULD NOT RUN TO).
3. IT THUS SEEMS CLEAR THAT MARSHALL MACKLINE AND MONAGHAN ARE A FORMIDABLE COMPETITOR TO BAA AND THAT THEY ARE VIEWED FAVOURABLY BY THE HKG. PRESUMABLY THEY WILL BE COMPETING FOR OTHER ROLES, so BAA SHOULD BE ADVISED TO DO ALL THEY CAN TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY, INCLUDING REGULAR HIGH LEVEL VISITS HERE AND DEMONSTRATING THEIR PROWESS TO SENIOR HK GOVERNMENT VISITORS WHEN THEY ARE IN THE UK.
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