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(III) BLACK POINT POWER STATION. THEY WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE TRANSMISSION NETWORK WITH A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY POUNDS 60 MILLION FOR THIS NEW CHINA LIGHT AND POWER POWER STATION. ALSO FOR THE CIVIL WORKS. TO THIS END THEIR NEW CHAIRMAN, SIR ROBERT DAVIDSON, AND OTHERS PROBABLY INCLUDING MALWYN JONES ARE LIKELY TO VISIT IN NOVEMBER FOR A PRESENTATION TO CLP. (SIR R DAVIDSON, UNTIL RECENTLY WITH GEC, IS AN OLD FRIEND OF SIR W STONES, LORD KADOORIE AND OTHERS AT THE TOP OF CLP.)
(IV) RAILWAYS. ABOUT 12 MONTHS AGO BALFOUR BEATTY WON A CONTRACT FOR THE TSUEN MUN LIGHT RAILWAY EXTENSION FOR KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORP. TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 1992, VALUE ABOUT POUNDS 20 MILLION, PRIMARILY TRACK LAYING AND CIVIL WORKS, IN JOINT VENTURE WITH HENRY VICHY (LOCAL).
(V) TAI PO-DAYA BAY TRANSMISSION LINES. THIS CONTRACT, AWARDED IN 1987, WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, 4 MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, VALUE ABOUT POUNDS 60 MILLION.
(VI) PENNEY'S BAY POWER STATION ON LANTAU ISLAND. THEY HAVE A CONTRACT FOR APPROXIMATELY POUNDS 1 MILLION FOR OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION.
(VII) GORDON WU'S BANGKOK RAILWAY. BALFOUR BEATTY ARE FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY AND ARE PLANNING ANOTHER TEAM FROM THE UK TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO HOPEWELL IN NOVEMBER. THEIR INTEREST IS THE TRACK, CABLING AND SIGNALLING.
3. I SUGGEST THE MAIN POINTS FOR ANDREW BURNS TO MAKE ARE TO ENCOURAGE BALFOUR BEATTY'S CONTINUING INVOLVEMENT IN HONG KONG TO APPLAUD THE SERIOUSNESS, AND THE INITIAL SUCCESS, OF THEIR BID TO WIN WORK ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT, TO ASSURE THEM THAT DESPITE HMG'S SUPPORT FOR TRAFALGAR HOUSE/COSTAIN WE ARE ALSO ANXIOUS TO ASSIST THEM AND BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH WORK IN THIS PROJECT FOR ALL, AND TO CONFIRM THIS OFFICE'S SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE. ALSO TO ASSURE THEM OF SUPPORT FOR BLACK POINT WHEN THEIR INTERESTS DO NOT DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH GEC ALSTHOM ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME OVERLAP. I HAVE COME TO KNOW MALWYN JONES WELL DURING HIS REGULAR VISITS HERE AND HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY HIM.
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