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FM BTC HONG KONG TO PRIORITY OTI TELNO OTTER 33
OF 24080OZ JANUARY 91
FOR GALLAHER, PEP
16.
YOUR TELNO OTTER 29 AND YOUR FAX OF 21 JANUARY : HONG KONG AIRPORT : BAA ASPIRATIONS
1. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH OF THE HKG. IT APPEARS THAT BAA'S FEARS ARE NOT WELL BASED.
2. I AM ASSURED THAT THE ONLY CURRENT INVOLVEMENT OF MARSHALL, MACKLINE AND MONAGHAN OF CANADA IS AS PART OF A WARDLEYS-LED TEAM, WARDLEYS HAVING WON THE CONTRACT FOR GIVING ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT ON FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO MY INFORMANT MMM WERE APPOINTED BY WARDLEYS (WHO ARE THE MERCHANT BANK SUBSIDIARY OF THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK) AND NOT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THEIR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE ADVICE ON TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF AIRPORT MANAGEMENT WHICH WARDLEYS CONSIDERED THEY NEEDED TO BRING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE. I AM ASSURED THAT MMM DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTRACT TO GIVE ADVICE ON REGULATORY MATTER EITHER TO WARDLEYS OR TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
3. WE WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY AWARE THAT MMM HAD BEEN TAKEN ON BY WARDLEYS NOR THAT THE LATTER WERE SEEKING SUCH OUTSIDE ADVICE. PRESUMABLY HOWEVER THE CANADIANS HAD MANAGED TO MAKE A USEFUL CONTACT OR PERHAPS WERE ALREADY KNOWN TO WARDLEYS. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY TENDERING NOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS REQUIREMENT.
4. IT APPEARS THEREFORE THAT THERE ARE NO LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR BAA THINKING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. MRS ANSON CHAN TOLD CHRISTIAN ADAMS AND MYSELF WHEN WE ALSO RAISED THIS WITH HER THAT SHE STILL THOUGHT IT LIKELY THAT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THERE WOULD BE A ROLE FOR BAA IN ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT ON AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AND THE MAXIMISING OF REVENUE FROM THE
AIRPORT.
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