CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY DTI
TELNO OTTER 197
OF 21103OZ OCTOBER 91
AND TO PRIORITY FCO
INFO PRIORITY ECGD
INFO ROUTINE TOKYO, PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
Мив
Mai's (32/3
28 OCT 1991
TY
112
063610
MDLIAN 8391
TOP COPY Q DIST?
DTI FOR ADAMS, PEP, MILES, JOINT DIRECTORATE AND MEADWAY, OT2
MIPT: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT
SUMMARY
1. AS MIPT INDICATES, MOST OF THE LARGEST CONTRACTS IN THIS PROJECT, TO A VALUE OF SEVERAL BILLION (SIC) POUNDS, WILL BE AWARDED IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO. THUS TIME IS SHORT TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE IS ANYTHING MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP BRITISH COMPANIES. SOME SUGGESTIONS.
DETAIL
2. THE PADS PROJECT IS ARGUABLY THE LARGEST CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT IN THE WORLD. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE IT AT A SPEED WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED BEFORE FOR SUCH A RANGE OF WORK. ALTHOUGH ONLY SIX WEEKS SINCE THE PRIME MINISTER SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT SET THE PROJECT IN MOTION AGAIN, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW MOST OF THE MAIN INFRASTRUCTURAL CONTRACTS WILL EITHER HAVE BEEN AWARDED OR THE LISTS WILL HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THERE WILL BE SUPPLIES OF AIRPORT EQUIPMENT, OF RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK ETC., TO COME OVER THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS, AND SOME SUBCONTRACTING WORK, BUT THAT WILL BE ALL.
3. MIFT SUMMARISES THE CURRENT SITUATION ON THESE MAIN CONTRACTS. CONTRACTS WORTH SEVERAL BILLION POUNDS STAND TO BE AWARDED BY MID-1992.
4. WE ARE THUS MOVING FROM THE STAGE WHERE OUR TASK IS TO ALERT BRITISH COMPANIES TO THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE. WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHETHER WE CAN DO ANY MORE TO HELP THOSE WHETHER WE CAN DO ANY MORE TO HELP THOSE WHOSE HAT IS
IN THE RING.
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