TNAG-2409-FCO40-3503-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-Brit-1992 — Page 127

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

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IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT SIR WILLIAM HALCROW (CONSULTANTS) HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY FOR THE TSING MA AND KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGES. HALCROW WERE TOLD SOTTO VOCE LATE LAST WEEK AND MAY ALREADY HAVE RELAYED THE GOOD NEWS TO YOU.

2. THE CONTRACT IS WORTH ABOUT HKD100 MILLION. THE HALCROW TEAM WILL BE LED BY JEREMY GURNEY AND WILL OPERATE HAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT (GURNEY WILL IN EFFECT BE TAKING OVER FROM HAROLD BEATON, WHO RETIRES AS CONSULTANT TO HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH). I PROPOSE TO CALL ON GURNEY LATER THIS WEEK AND WILL SUGGEST THAT HE CONTACT YOU WHEN HE NEXT VISITS LONDON CHE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE UK FOR TWO WEEKS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BRIDGE CONTRACT IS SIGNED BY THE AJC AND HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT ON 18 MAY).

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APART FROM A BANNER HEADLINE IN TODAY'S SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST ('ANOTHER BRITISH COMPANY AWARDED MAJOR AIRPORT CONTRACT'), THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE ADVERSE COMMENT ABOUT AWARDING THIS CONSULTANCY TO HALCROW.

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