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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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COMMENTS BY LU PING
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HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR LU PING TODAY QUESTIONED WHY THE AIRPORT TERMINAL DESIGN CONTRACT HAD BEEN GRANTED TO A BRITISH-FUNDED CONSORTIUM, WHOSE TENDERED PRICE WAS THE HIGHEST. HE URGED THE HK GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUE TO HK PEOPLE, ADDING THAT THEY HAD NOT MADE ANY EXPLANATION TO THE CHINESE SIDE IN THIS RESPECT.
CONCERNING PROJECTS UNDER THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED THE AIRPORT TERMINAL WORKS, THAT WERE CONTRACTED OUT TO A BRITISH-FUNDED CONSORTIUM WITH THE HIGHEST BIDS, MR LU SAID HE WAS NOT CLEAR WHY THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN GRANTED TO THAT CONSORTIUM BY THE GOVERNMENT. HE SAID HE HOPED THAT THE HK GOVERNMENT WOULD EXPLAIN TO THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE THE REASON FOR GRANTING THE CONTRACT. SINCE A HUGE SUM OF MONEY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, HE HOPED THAT THE HK GOVERNMENT WOULD INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY RELATING TO THE REASONS FOR THE GRANTING OF THESE CONTRACTS AND LET HK PEOPLE KNOW.
MR LU SAID, ''I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MAKE THE SELECTION AS WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. I HOPE THERE WILL BE SOME EXPLANATION MADE TO HK PEOPLE AND INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY. SOME EXPLANATION SHOULD BE MADE TO HK PEOPLE ON WHY A CONSORTIUM WITH THE HIGHEST BID IS CHOSEN.'
SIMILAR REPORT WAS ALSO CARRIED BY R-1 AND TVB-JADE. ON R-1, MR LU SAID, ''IN ADDITION, SHOULDN'T THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN BE SUPPLIED TO THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE? ALTHOUGH IT WILL COST SOME MONEY IN PHOTOCOPYING, THE MONEY IS WORTH SPENDING. IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO APPROPRIATE THAT MEMBERS HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARIES TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE PLAN.''
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