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New Airport Contracts : British Participation

1.

Of

the

21

awarded to

consultancies let

So far,

14 ha

British

firms

or

their

Hor

affiliates, a further four to consortia with

partners. (Two were awarded to US firms, and t consortia with a US partners.)

major engineering

2.

of the four

far, one was

to

а

interests,

contracts aw?

Hong Kong firm with 50% namely the West Kowloon reclamation

I Contract awarded to Gammon Construction Ltd of the contracts went to US firms.)

3.

Of the

four prequalified

tenderers for the

Bridge

Contract,

is one

a UK/Japanese

con

4.

(One of the competing consortia includes a element - there is no other US involvement.)

of the

six consortia on the shortlist for the site preparation contract, three include Briti (three include US firms).

5. Although the US firm Bechtel has the overall p

it consultancy,

has no influence

Th

management selection of consultants and contractors. work for the two largest elements of the pro:

been undertaken by :-

(a)

Greiner-Maunsell,

a

US, British

and

}

consortium, who are

doing the civil en

design work for the airport; and

(b)

Mott

MacDonald HK, a Hong Kong comp

British affiliations, who are

doing t

work for the Tsing Ma Bridge.