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NOT SEEN MUCH OF THEM FOR SOME WHILE BUT BOTH THEY AND WIMPEY WILL HAVE HIGH-POWERED TEAMS IN HONG KONG LATER THIS WEEK AND I AM SEEING BOTH. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT MORE ON THEIR INTENTIONS AFTER THAT. I ASSUME ALSO THAT THE BOUYGUES-LED GROUP WILL BE BIDDING FOR THE PLATFORM AND THEY AS YOU KNOW INCLUDE BEAZAR AND MAUNSELL. BIDS FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION HAVE TO BE IN BY 3 MAY SO WE SHOULD KNOW SOON MORE ABOUT WHO IS IN CONTENTION.
6. IT WILL BE APPRECIATED I AM SURE THAT THE POLITICAL CLOUDS ARE
CASTING VERY LONG SHADOWS OVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. ONE OF JOHN FLETCHER'S REMARKS WAS REVEALING. WHEN I SAID TAT PRE- QUALIFICATION FOR THE PLATFORM WAS PROCEEDING AND THAT IT WAS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT PRE-QUALIFICATION RESULT FOR THE BRIDGE COULD BE ANNOUNCED AT ANY TIME, EVEN ALTHOUGH A DELAY SEEMED MORE LIKELY, HE REPLIED THAT NO-ONE WOULD BID AT PRESENT AND THAT THEY THEMSELVES CERTAINLY WOULD NOT DO SO IN VIEW OF THE COSTS INVOLVED, UNTIL THE POLITICAL SITUATION SURROUNDING THE PROJECT
WAS RESOLVED.
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