TNAG-2409-FCO40-3503-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-Brit-1992 — Page 294

RESTRICTED

PRIORITY

TO PEKING

INFO BTC HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 567: HONG KONG AIRPORT: MAIN BRIDGE CONTRACT

MANZIE

1. WE KNOW OF NO (NO) VISITING DELEGATION FROM THE UK.

(ANGLO/JAPANESE CONSORTIUM) WHOM WE HAVE CONSULTED, SAYS THE AJC

HAVE NO (NO) PLANS FOR AN EARLY VISIT.

2. THE AJC ARE IN DISCUSSION WITH THREE CHINESE FIRMS WITH A

VIEW ΤΟ THEIR PARTICIPATING, GIVEN THE RIGHT PRICE AND

CONDITIONS, AS SUBCONTRACTORS IN THEIR CONSORTIUM. THESE ARE:

YIU LIAN, Α SUBSIDIARY OF CHINA MERCHANT

MERCHANT HOLDINGS, FOR THE

ASSEMBLY OF THE BRIDGE DECK AT SHEKOU. AJC ARE WELL ADVANCED IN

TALKS WITH A VIEW TO YIU LIAN CARRYING OUT THE ASSEMBLY WORK

UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TRAFALGAR HOUSE SUBSIDIARY CLEVELAND

ENGINEERING AND/OR MITSUI

STRUCTURAL

SHIPBUILDING;

ENGINEERING AND

CORPORATION FOR

CHINA STATE SHIPBUILDING

FABRICATION OF PART OF THE DECK STRUCTURE; AND CHINA HARBOUR

ENGINEERING AS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO GAMMON CONSTRUCTION, HONG KONG,

FOR MARINE WORK FOR THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE (GAMMON, JOINT

OWNED BY TRAFALGAR HOUSE AND JARDINES, WILL BE AJC'S LEAD

SUBCONTRACTOR FOR THE SUB-STRUCTURE.)

3.

PLEASE THEREFORE EXPLAIN TO ZHANG OF CHINA ROAD AND BRIDGE

THAT THE AJC ARE ALREADY IN DISCUSSION WITH OTHER CHINESE

CORPORATIONS ABOUT SUBCONTRACT WORK ON THE BRIDGE, AND HAVE BEEN

FOR SOME TIME, BUT WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DETAILS IN PARA 2

ABOVE.