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TELNO INTRA 70
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INFO ROUTINE F C O, ECGD, SEOUL
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HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT:
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NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY STAGE 1
TENDERS FOR THIS CONTRACT, TO A LIKELY VALUE OF ABOUT HKD 3.5 BILLION TO HKD 4 BILLION (STR 265 MILLION TO STR 303 MILLION)
WILL CLOSE ON 20 MARCH. SEVEN GROUPS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT BIDS.
THE MAIN BRITISH INTEREST IS AMEC WHO ARE LEADING ONE GROUP IN COMBINATION WITH HYUNDAI WHO WOULD TAKE ON THE DREDGING SIDE OF THE WORK. GAMMON CHALF OWNED BY JARDINES AND HALF BY TRAFALGAR HOUSE) ARE PARTNERED WITH NISHIMATSU AND CHINA HARBOUR IN ANOTHER GROUP AND PROVIDE THE ONLY OTHER SIGNIFICANT BRITISH INTEREST. REMAINING GROUPS ARE LED BY DRAGAGES/BOUYGUES (FRANCE), DUMEZ (FRANCE), KUMAGAI (JAPAN/HONG KONG), AOKI (JAPAN) AND LEIGHTON (GERMAN/AUSTRALIAN/HONG KONG). ALL EXCEPT THE AMEC LED GROUP HAVE DUTCH DREDGING PARTNERS. SINCE THE DUTCH DREDGERS PUT IN UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH PRICES THAT WERE ALL CLOSE TOGETHER FOR THE PLATFORM CONTRACT, MOST OBSERVERS THINK IT LIKELY THAT THEY WILL DO THE SAME ON THIS.
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THE TENDERING FOR STAGE 2 OF THE NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, COVERING ROUGHLY THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE ISLAND, IS LIKELY TO FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND THE SAME GROUPS ARE LIKELY TO BE
INVOLVED.
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