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TELNO 178
OF 1908OOZ JUNE 92
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FOR INFORMATION DEPARTMENT:
HONG KONG MAJOR PROJECTS
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1. ON 18 JUNE, IN A BRIEF BUT ELEGANTLY STAGED CEREMONY, THE GOVERNOR STARTED WORK ON THE TSING MA BRIDGE, THE FIRST MAJOR PART OF THE HONG KONG AIRPORT SCHEME.
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THE CONTRACT (WORTH POUNDS 550 MILLION) WAS WON BY ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN TRAFALGAR HOUSE, COSTAIN AND MISTUI, AND THE CHAIRMAN, SIR GORDON MANZIE MADE THE MAIN SPEECH.
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LATER THAT EVENING, THE BBC OVERSEAS TELEVISION NEWS, RELAYED THROUGH HONG KONG, CARRIED AN EXCELLENT PIECE ON THE EVENT. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO OBTAIN TAPES - (A) FOR USE PERHAPS BY PEP/DTI AND (B) TO SEND A COPY TO SIR GORDON C/O TRAFALGAR HOUSE. HE MISSED IT, AND THIS WOULD BE A SMALL GESTURE TO MAKE IN APPRECIATION OF HIS RELENTLESS ENDEAVOURS.
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IT WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS FOR BRITAIN AND THE BBC PUT THE STORY
IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS AN UNDERSTATED AND ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE
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