HKA 182/3 CONFIDENTIAL
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Mr Gozney, FCO
Mr Ricketts, Hong Kong Department,
10 MARCH 1992
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Ps/hard Caithness
HONG KONG AIRPORT: LANTAU FIXED CROSSING
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Gordon Manzie telephoned me this afternoon to report on the latest state of play.
He had just returned from useful discussions with the Hong Kong authorities. There were probably three companies
left in the race: the Koreans (with the lowest bid), the Anglo-Japanese Consortium and then the Franch/German-led
Consortium. The last two, according to Hong Kong officials,
were neck and neck.
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He would be going out for further technical talks on
Friday and Saturday of this week. There would then be
similar sessions with the other two main contestants. This
would lead up to an official decision about the end of March
or early April.
He reported a misleading statement in "Construction
News" quoting a director of Trafalgar House and the Anglo- Japanese group to the effect that the latter were about to land the prize. This was entirely false: no such statement had been given; and the newspaper in question had apologised.
He wished us to know this and had similarly informed the Deputy Governor.
He was concerned that the Koreans were still in
the race. By now they should have been excluded on technical
grounds and lack of expertise. He was also worried that Lu Ping's criticism of the award of the contract for the airport
terminal design to a British company might frighten the Hong
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