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CONFIDENTIAL

SPEAKING NOTE

機密

I.

explainoj

Award of the Tsing Ma Bridge Contract

At our

16

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informal discussion on 16 April 1992, we to Ambassador Guo our difficulties in accepting the tender submitted by the Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai) for the Tsing Ma Bridge Contract. Ambassador HKG should proceed prudently and fairly. We have now taken a decision on the avari of

As

ن عمارة

suggested that

fully agree.

contract.

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We

tho

opportunity

the public to

promised, we are taking this early brief you and UKREP JLG on the backgroundİ final decision. We will also explain this to fullest extent possible, but not at the risk of unreasonably damaging Hyundai's business reputation.

loading to

the

Background

2.

In April 1991, the HKG decided to invite tenders for the Tsing Ma Bridge Contract. Four valid submissions were received by the deadline on 16 December 1991, from -

(a) Hyundai Engineering

(Hyundai);

Construction CO Ltd

(5)

Anglo-Japanese Construction Japanese);

Joint Venture (Anglo-

(:)

Hong

Kong

International

International); and

(1)

Lantau

Fixed

Crossing

(All-Japanese).

Consortium

K

International

(A

table

Annex A).

showing the composition of the four consortia is at

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