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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: TERMINAL DESIGN CONTRACT.
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THIS SUBSTANTIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED SHORTLY. THE SHORT LIST OF EIGHT WHICH WE HAVE REPORTED EARLIER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO THREE. EACH OF THE THREE GROUPS ARE MAKING PRESENTATIONS THIS WEEK TO THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE GROUPS WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED FORWARD, IN ORDER OF THEIR BRITISH CONTENT ARE:
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(1) BAA, NORMAN FOSTER AND MOTT, WHO ARE LARGELY BRITISH: (2) SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK, PARSONS BRINKERHOFF AND WONG
TUNG AND SCOTT BROWNRIGG AND TURNER, OF WHOM SCOTT WILSON ARE THE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE UK COMPANY AND SCOTT BROWNRIGG AND TURNER ARE WHOLLY BRITISH BASED, GIVING AN OVERALL BRITISH CONTENT OF PERHAPS ABOUT 25 PERCENT, AND (3) GREINER TUNG MUNG AND HOK WHOSE ONLY BRITISH CONTENT
APPEARS TO BE A SUBSIDIARY ROLE PLAYED BY THE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP OF MAUNSELL.
AMONG THESE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE BEEN TO SEE US ARE SCOTT BROWNRIGG AND TURNER. I UNDERSTAND THAT SIR NORMAN FOSTER IS HERE BUT HE HAS NOT MADE CONTACT.
3. IT IS LIKELY THAT THESE THREE WILL BE TOLD NEXT WEEK WHETHER THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT A DECISION THE FOLLOWING WEEK I.E. THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
4. I HAVE NO ACCURATE FIGURE FOR THE SIZE OF THE CONTRACT BUT IN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TERMS IT IS VERY LARGE INDEED, PERHAPS IN THE ORDER OF POUNDS 40 TO 50 MILLION.
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