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Tamma Power Station (HK Electric): Two further units for the existing

Value power station on Lamma Island will be awarded later this year.

of the units is in the region of £40 million. NEI supplied the last

unit and will be bidding to supply the new units.

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Environmental Protection The Government's sewage master plan is

attracting a great deal of attention from British companies.

construction contracts have been awarded yet but the bulk of the

consultancy contracts have been won by resident British consulting

engineers.

Regional Projects: In addition to the Hong Kong projects, several

major projects elsewhere in the region will be fought for and awarded

in Hong Kong. Gordon Wu (Hopewell Holdings) alone controls several of

these: GEC Alsthom have signed a £280 million contract with Hopewell

to build Shajiao C Power Station in Guangdong and are on the point of

signing a further contract with Hopewell Holdings to supply a third

generating unit. Hopewell's Bangkok railway project will generate

Many of the

orders of over £1 billion in the next three years.

British companies involved in the construction of the MTRC and KCRC

systems (including Metro Cammlell for the rolling stock) are bidding

for the work. There are many other regional projects involving other

companies in Hong Kong which are of interest to British companies.

British Trade Commission

Hong Kong

July 1992

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