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        "msgid": "british-bids-judged-on-merit-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-11-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "'British bids judged on merit'",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "'British bids judged on merit' KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia would not award projects to British contractors on the strength of loans pledged by the British government, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. Malaysia would not rely on the British for loans and any tenders made by British firms for future government projects would be \"evaluated on merit without any consideration for loans,\" the daily reported Mahathir as saying.",
        "content": "<p>&apos;British bids judged on merit&apos;<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said<br>\nMalaysia would not award projects to British contractors on the<br>\nstrength of loans pledged by the British government, the Star<br>\nnewspaper reported yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia would not rely on the British for loans and any<br>\ntenders made by British firms for future government projects<br>\nwould be &quot;evaluated on merit without any consideration for<br>\nloans,&quot; the daily reported Mahathir as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If there is no loan and the tender is attractive we will give<br>\nthem the project. But if the bid is not good, we will not give<br>\nthem the project,&quot; the Star quoted him as telling reporters late<br>\non Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mahathir&apos;s comments followed Thursday&apos;s British court ruling<br>\nthat Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd acted unlawfully in<br>\nauthorizing 234 million sterling (US$376 million) in aid for the<br>\ncontroversial Pergau dam project in Malaysia.<\/p>",
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