TNAG-2259-FCO40-3255-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-Brit-1991 — Page 244

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5. OTHER BRITISH COMPANIES, IN ADDITION TO AJCL, HAVE BEEN SEEKING INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE CHINESE PARTNERS. PRENTICE OF BALFOUR BEATTY, WHO ARE LEADING A GROUP COMPETING FOR THE AIRPORT PLATFORM, WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND WAS PARTICULARLY ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS POINT. IT MAY THEREFORE BE APPROPRIATE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH HIM AND OTHER ENQUIRERS.

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