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ENTHUSIASTIC THAN THEY ARE CURRENTLY (WITH FEARS ABOUT RISKS
AFTER 1997) TO OVERCOME THIS CHALLENGE.
(H)
AIRPORT DESIGN
10. THE PAA ANNOUNCED DETAILS OF THE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE
TERMINAL ON 14 OCTOBER. THIRTY THREE GROUPS HAD ALREADY SOUGHT PRE-QUALIFICATION. RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN ON 22 OCTOBER. I UNDERSTAND IN CONFIDENCE 8 HAVE PREQUALIFIED, TWO OF WHICH ARE BRITISH LED AND FOUR AMERICAN LED. ALMOST ALL THE MAIN BRITISH ENGINEERING CONSULTANCIES AND ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS ENTERED. AN ALLIANCE OF BAA AND NORM FOSTER HAVE PREQUALIFIED BUT SIR JOHN EGAN, CHAIRMAN OF BAA, HERE DURING THE PAST WEEK TOLD ME HE THOUGHT BAA MIGHT HAVE BETTER PROSPECTS BY OFFERING THEMSELVES AS
OVERALL ADVISERS OR MANAGERS TO THE HKG. HE WAS CRITICAL OF
GREINER'S OUTLINE DESIGN WHICH HE THOUGH PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT RETAIL SPACE.
(I) TUEN CHUNG PLATFORM (MY TELNO OTTER 180).
11. THIS POUNDS 60 MILLION CONTRACT, TO BE AWARDED IN NOVEMBER, WILL PROVIDE THE BASE, THOUGH LEVELLING AND RECLAMATION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE AIRPORT SUPPORT TOWN. TWELVE GROUPS HAVE SOUGHT PRE-QUALIFICATION. AMEC AND TILEMAN ARE THE BRITISH CONTENDERS. TENDER DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IN NOVEMBER TO THOSE SUCCESSFUL, WITH WORK TO START EARLY IN 1992. LARGER CONTRACTS FOR TUEN CHUNG DEVELOPMENT WILL FOLLOW AROUND 1994.
(J) NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY
12. THIS SIX LANE HIGHWAY ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LANTAU WILL
BE SPLIT INTO THREE SECTIONS EACH A DIFFERENT CONTRACT EACH VALUED AT ABOUT POUNDS 110 MILLION. PRE-QUALIFICATION IS ALREADY CLOSED FOR THE FIRST TOW. ON ONE THE RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN
OCTOBER AND TENDERING BEGIN IN NOVEMBER. ON THE SECOND TENDERING WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY 1992 WITH A CONTRACT IN JULY 1992, AND THE THIRD WILL BE FOR TENDER IN OCTOBER 1992. I AM NOT AWARE OF
ANY BRITISH INTEREST IN ANY OF THESE CONTRACTS ALTHOUGH I ASSUME
GAMMON WILL BE IN CONTENTION.
(K) PORT DEVELOPMENTS
13.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED ON 19 OCTOBER THAT A GAMMON-NISHIMATSU LED GROUP HAD WON THE BID FOR CONTAINER TERMINAL 8 (WHICH IS A
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