Q: MR YEUNG, YOU MUST BE AWARE THAT PEOPLE SAY YOU'VE SHOWN AVOURITISM TOWARDS BRITISH COMPANIES IN AWARDING THIS CONTRACT. CAN ASK YOU TWO THINGS, ONE IS HOW YOU WOULD RESPOND TO THAT CRITICISM AND SECONDLY, OF ALL THE CONTRACTS AWARDED SO FAR HOW MANY HAVE IN FACT GONE TO BRITISH COMPANIES?
MR YEUNG: IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRST POINT I WOULD DENY CATEGORICALLY THAT WE HAVE SHOWN ANY FAVOURITISM TOWARDS ANY BRITISH CONSORTIUM. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE ARE CONCERNED WITH LOOKING FOR THREE THINGS, TIMELY COMPLETION TO OUR REQUIRED STANDARDS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. THESE ARE VERY OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, THEY OF COURSE REQUIRE COLLECTIVE ASSESSMENT AND DECISION MAKING AND DON'T FORGET THAT RECOMMENDATIONS FLOW FROM A PANEL OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS TO THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT TEAM, THEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS AND THEN ONWARD TO THE TENDER BOARD BEFORE I FINALLY TOOK A DECISION AS THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY. NOW IN THAT PROCESS WHICH HAS INVOLVED A LOT OF COLLECTIVE DEBATE AND ASSESSMENT AND DECISION MAKING I CAN'T SEE HOW ANY OFFICIAL COULD HAVE SHOWN FAVOURITISM WITHOUT IT BECOMING TRANSPARENT. THE CRITERIA AGAINST WE JUDGED ANY TENDERS HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH NATIONALITY, AND THEN LOOK AT THE CONSORTIA THEMSELVES. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THE ANGLO-JAPANESE CONSORTIUM HAS GOT SAMSUNG ON IT. SO IF I WAS BIASED AGAINST THE KOREANS, WOULD I TAKE THAT VIEW? THE KOREAN CONSORTIUM FOR EXAMPLE HAD OTHER FIRMS IN IT OF OTHER NATIONALITIES. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT NATIONALITY HAS NEVER DOES NOT FEATURE IN ANY OF OUR QUESTION? CAN YOU
ASSESSMENTS. DO YOU THINK I HAVE ANSWERED YOUR REMIND ME OF THE SECOND HALF?
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THE SECOND HALF WAS, COULD YOU JUST SAY WHAT PROPORTION OF THE CONTRACTS SO FAR AWARDED HAVE GONE TO BRITISH ASSOCIATED COMPANIES?
Q: IT DEPENDS ON WHAT CONTRACTS YOU ARE REFERRING TO.
A: FOR THE PADS PROJECT.
Q: FOR THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME. (TO MR BLAKE) DO YOU HAVE THE DETAILS?
MR BLAKE: I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS IMMEDIATELY TO HAND IN DETAIL TERMS BUT THERE IS A LIST AND IT'S IN FACT, BRITISH CONTRACTORS, UK CONTRACTORS HAVE NOT FIGURED PROMINENTLY SO FAR.
Q: (INAUDIBLE) .. ON HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM
A: NOT REALLY.
IT'S THAT MIX OF CONSORTIUM PARTNERS LED BY DRAGAGES. THEY OF COURSE INCLUDE HONG KONG COMPANIES AS WELL. BUT THERE ARE DETAILS THAT CAN BE MADE READILY AVAILABLE. THE KEY PARTNERS IN HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ARE DRAGAGES (INAUDIBLE)
MR BLAKE: THE KEY PARTNER I THINK IS DRAGAGES, WHICH IS A FRENCH COMPANY THAT HAS OPERATED IN HONG KONG FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BUT OF COURSE, DRAGAGES IS ALSO PART OF THE BOUYGUES GROUP; WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT SAME COMPANY FRANKIE KIER; KIER IS A BRITISH COMPANY BUT THROUGH THEIR HOLDINGS THEY OPERATE IN HONG KONG UNDER THE FRANKIE KIER NAME. WE HAVE LEIGHTON WHO ARE AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY BUT AGAIN HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ARE IN HONG KONG FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IMPREGLIO AN ITALIAN COMPANY,
ITALIAN COMPANY, SHUI ON WHO OF COURSE ARE A HONG KONG
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