TNAG-2409-FCO40-3503-Hong-Kong-Port-and-Airport-Development-Strategy-(PADS)-Brit-1992 — Page 46

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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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