CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM BTC HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY DTI
TELNO OTTER 239
OF 18112OZ DECEMBER 91
AND TO FCO
AMENDED DISTRIBUTION
INFO PRIORITY ECGD, PEKING, TOKYO
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MY TELNO OTTER 232: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT.
SUMMARY
1.
NO INFORMATION YET AVAILABLE ON WHETHER THE BRITISH BID FOR THE MAIN BRIDGE IS COMPETITIVE. OTHER CONTRACTS WITHIN THE
OVERALL PROJECT HAVE BEEN AWARDED BUT NONE TO BRITISH FIRMS.
DETAIL
(A) LANTAU FIXED CROSSING.
2. WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THE BIDS FOR THIS CONTRACT. I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL FOUR PRE-QUALIFIED GROUPS SUBMITTED THEIR BIDS ON 16 DECEMBER BUT WE KNOW NO MORE THAN THAT. I HAVE ARRANGED SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS WITH THOSE I ASSUME TO BE IN THE KNOW, AND WILL OF COURSE REPORT IF I MANAGE TO PICK UP ANYTHING. MEANWHILE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE ANGLO-JAPANESE BID INCLUDED MITSUI OR WHETHER THEY DROPPED THEM FROM THE GROUP AS THEY WERE CONTEMPLATING (MY
TELNO OTTER 229).
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3. THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION HAVE TOLD US IN CONFIDENCE THAT A PANEL OF THREE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ASSESS THE BIDS CONSISTING OF PROFESSOR F. NISHINO, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT TOKYO UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR BEN GERWICK, FORMERLY OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT BERKELEY UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA, AND MALCOLM FLETCHER, CHAIRMAN OF HALCROW. NEITHER THE EXISTENCE NOR COMPOSITION OF THIS TEAM HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD ONE MEETING IN HONG KONG AND WILL MEET HERE AGAIN IN JANUARY. I WILL HOPE TO MAKE
CONTACT WITH FLETCHER THEN.
(B) AIRPORT PLATFORM CONTRACT.
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