Exhibit 10.64

APRIL, 2010

MFLEX (CHENGDU) CO., LTD.

AND

BEIJING SHIYUAN XIDA CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANY,

A SOLE SUBSIDIARY OF CHINA ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DESIGN INSTITUTE

 

 

ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT AND

CONSTRUCTION/TURN KEY PROJECT AGREEMENT

 

 

AGREEMENT NUMBER

 

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CONTENTS

SECTION 1 CONTRACT AGREEMENT

SECTION 2 CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

APPENDIX 2.1 PARENT COMPANY GUARANTEE

APPENDIX 2.2 PERFORMANCE BOND

APPENDIX 2.3 PROJECT SCHEDULE

APPENDIX 2.4 LIST OF PERMITS, LICENCES AND APPROVALS

APPENDIX 2.5 ADDITIONAL STATEMENT

APPENDIX 2.6 PAYMENT MILESTONESS

APPENDIX 2.7 MATERIALS MARKET PRICE LIST

SECTION 3 THE EMPLOYER’S REQUIREMENTS

DRAWINGS

SPECIFICATION

SECTION 4 TENDER DOCUMENTATION

 

APPENDIX 1    TENDER INVITATION APPENDIX 2    TENDER SUBMISSION APPENDIX 3   
TENDER SCHEDULE APPENDIX 4    LIST OF UNIT RATE COSTINGS APPENDIX 5   
EXPLANATIONS / BREAKDOWN OF COSTS APPENDIX 6    DESCRIPTIONS APPENDIX 7   
APPENDIX TO TENDER SITE PLAN APPENDIX 8    WORK SCHEDULE

 

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APPENDIX 9    TENDER ACCEPTANCE AND LETTER OF INTENT APPENDIX 10    CONTRACTOR’S
CONFIRMATION OF LETTER OF INTENT APPENDIX 11    CONTRACTOR’S DESCRIPTION
APPENDIX 12    CONTRACTOR’S PROJECT EXECUTION PLAN APPENDIX 13    BUSINESS
CERTIFICATES OF MFLEX CHENGDU CO., LTD. AND BEIJING SHIYUAN XIDA AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPANY

 

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SECTION 1 – CONTRACT AGREEMENT

 

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The Contract Agreement is made for a new building which located in Hi-Tech
Industrial Development Zone(Western), export processing zones, ,Kexin Road,
Chengdu ,Sichuan ,China, and is signed April 15 of 2010 in Suzhou between MFLEX
(Chengdu) Co., Ltd., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
People’s Republic of China (PRC) and having its registered office at Hi-Tech
Industrial Development Zone(Western), ,No.1,Middle of Tianfu road, Chengdu
,Sichuan , China (Employer) of the one part, the project located at Hi-Tech
Industrial Development Zone (Western), export processing zones, No.8, Kexin
Road, Chengdu ,Sichuan ,China, .611731 and Beijing Shiyuan Xida construction and
technology Company, a sole subsidiary of china electronics engineering design
institute and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
and having its registered office at 27 Wanshou Road, Beijing 100840 (Contractor)
of the second part, and China Electronics Engineering Design Institute, a
Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of
China and having its registered office at 27 Wanshou Road, Beijing 100840
(Guarantor) of the third part.

 

(A) Whereas the Employer desires that the Works should be designed, executed,
completed and tested by the Contractor, and has accepted a tender by the
Contractor for the design, execution, completion and testing of such Works and
the remedying of any defects therein, which also include integrating and
management of Employer’s assigned contractor. The Contractor shall manage the
assigned contractor and any management fees and overhead for the assigned
contractor shall be negotiated and determined by the assigned contractor and the
Contractor, who shall enter into an agreement, which shall follow the Chinese
Law.

 

(B) Whereas the Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the performance of the
obligations of the Contractor under the Contract.

The Employer, the Contractor and the Guarantor agree as follows:

 

1. In this Agreement words and expressions shall have the same meanings as are
respectively assigned to them in the Conditions of Contract hereinafter referred
to.

 

2. The following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed as
part of this Agreement:

 

  (a) This Contract Agreement (Section 1);

 

  (b) The Conditions of Contract (Section 2);

 

  (c) The Employer’s Requirements (Section 3); and

 

  (d) Tender Documentation (Section 4).

 

3.

In consideration of the payments to be made by the Employer to the Contractor as
hereinafter mentioned, the Contractor hereby covenants with the Employer to
design, execute, complete and test the Works and remedy any defects therein, in

 

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  conformity in all aspects with the provisions of the Contract and the
Guarantor hereby covenants to deliver to the Employer a guarantee for the
obligations of the Contractor under the Contract in the form set out in Appendix
2.1 of the Conditions of Contract.

 

4. The Employer hereby covenants to pay the Contractor, in consideration of the
design, execution, completion and testing of the Works and the remedying of
defects therein, the sum of RMB105, 300,000. (Renminbi 105.3 million only), In
which 17% equipment in the Electrical engineering should be value added tax,
particular listing detail should conform local tax law, and the remaining sum
should be general architecture invoice based on Tender which shall include all
duties and taxes (including value added tax and business tax) and any other
taxes and such other sums as may become payable under the provisions of the
Contract at the times and in the manner prescribed by the Contract.

 

5. No amendments or additions to this Contract Agreement shall be binding on the
parties unless in writing and signed by duly authorised personnel on behalf of
the parties.

 

6. If there is any inconsistency between the English version and Chinese
version, the English version shall control.

 

7. In Witness whereof the parties hereto have caused this Contract Agreement to
be executed the day and year first before written in accordance with their
respective laws.

 

The Employer     The Contractor MFLEX (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.     Beijing Shiyuan
Xida Construction and Technology Company Name:    Reza A. Meshgin     Name   Guo
Huiping [chop]     [chop]

Signature   

/s/ Reza A. Meshgin

    Signature  

/s/ Guo Huiping

 

The Guarantor China Electronics Engineering Design Institute Name:   Hu Ping
[chop]  

Signature  

/s/ Hu Ping

 

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SECTION 2 – CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

 

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CONTENTS

 

1    THE CONTRACT    1.1    Definitions    1.2    Headings and Marginal Notes   
1.3    Interpretation    1.4    Law and Language    1.5    Contract Agreement   
1.6    Priority of Documents    1.7    Documents on Site    1.8   
Communications    1.9    Provision of Construction Documents    1.10       
Contractor’s Use of Construction Documents    1.11    Contractor’s Use of
Employer’s Documents    1.12    Compliance with Statutes, Regulations and Laws
   1.13    Joint and Several Liability    1.14    Parent Company Guarantee   
1.15    Clauses, Appendices & Schedules    1.16    Severability    1.17   
Confidentiality    2    THE EMPLOYER    2.1    General Obligations    2.2   
Access to and Possession of the Site    2.3    Permits, Licences or Approvals   
2.4    Employer’s Entitlement to Terminate    2.5    Assignment and Novation by
Employer    2.6    Employer’s claims    3    THE EMPLOYER’S REPRESENTATIVE   
3.1    Employer’s Representative’s Duties and Authority    3.2    Requirements
for Employer’s Representative    3.3    Employer’s Representative’s Authority to
Delegate    3.4    Employer’s Representative’s Instructions    3.5    Employer’s
Representative to Attempt Agreement    4    THE CONTRACTOR    4.1    General
Obligations    4.2    Performance Security    4.3    Contractor’s Representative
   4.4    Co-ordination of the Works    4.5    Subcontractors    4.6   
Assignment of Subcontractor’s Obligations    4.7    Setting Out    4.8   
Quality Assurance    4.9    Site Data    4.10    Matters Affecting the Execution
of the Works   

 

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4.11    Unforeseeable Sub-Surface Conditions    4.12    Access Route    4.13   
Rights of Way and Facilities    4.14    Programme    4.15    Progress Reports   
4.16    Contractor’s Equipment    4.17    Safety Precautions    4.18   
Protection of the Environment    4.19    Electricity, Water and Gas    4.20   
Employer Supplies and the Parties Responsibilities    4.21        Clearance of
Site    4.22    Security of the Site    4.23    Contractor’s Operations on Site
   4.24    Fossils    4.25    Commissioning and Start Up Spare Parts and
Services    4.26    Customs Clearance    5    Design    5.1    General Design
Obligations    5.2    Contractor’s Documents    5.3    Contractor’s Undertaking
   5.4    As-Built Drawings    5.5    Operation and Maintenance Manuals    5.6
   Error by Contractor    5.7    Patent Right    6    STAFF AND LABOUR    6.1   
Engagement of Staff and Labour    6.2    Rates of Wages and Conditions of Labour
   6.3    Persons in the Service of Others    6.4    Labour Laws    6.5   
Working Hours    6.6    Facilities for Staff and Labour    6.7    Health and
Safety    6.8    Contractor’s Superintendence    6.9    Contractor’s Personnel
   6.10    Disorderly Conduct    7    PLANT, MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP    7.1   
Manner of Execution    7.2    Delivery to and Storage at Site    7.3   
Inspection    7.4    Testing    7.5    Rejection    7.6    Ownership of Plant
and Materials    8    COMMENCEMENT, DELAYS AND SUSPENSION   

 

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8.1    Commencement of Works    8.2    Time for Completion    8.3    Extension
of Time for Completion    8.4    Delays Caused by Authorities    8.5    Rate of
Progress    8.6    Liquidated Damages for Delay    8.7    Suspension of Work   
8.8    Consequences of Suspension    8.9    Payment for Plant and Materials in
Event of Suspension    8.10    Prolonged Suspension    8.11        Resumption of
Work    9    TESTS ON COMPLETION    9.1    Contractor’s Obligations    9.2   
Delayed Tests    9.3    Retesting    9.4    Failure to Pass Tests on Completion
   10    EMPLOYER’S TAKING OVER    10.1    Taking-Over Certificate    10.2   
Uses by the Employer    10.3    Interference with Tests on Completion    11   
TESTS AFTER COMPLETION    11.1    Employer’s Obligations    11.2    Delayed
Tests    11.3    Retesting    11.4    Failure to Pass Tests after Completion   
12    DEFECTS LIABILITY    12.1    Completion of Outstanding Work and Remedying
Defects    12.2    Cost of Remedying Defects    12.3    Extension of Contract
Period    12.4    Failure to Remedy Defects    12.5    Removal of Defective Work
   12.6    Further Tests    12.7    Right of Access    12.8    Contractor to
Search    12.9    Performance Certificate    12.10    Unfulfilled Obligations   
13    CONTRACT PRICE AND PAYMENT    13.1    The Contract Price    13.2   
Advance Payments    13.3    Application for Interim Payment Certificates    13.4
   Issue of Interim Payment Certificates    13.5    Payment    13.6    Delayed
Payment   

 

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13.8    Statement at Completion    13.9    Application for Final Payment
Certificate    13.10    Discharge    13.11    Issue of Final Payment Certificate
   13.12        Cessation of Employer’s Liability    14    VARIATIONS    14.1   
Right to Vary    14.2    Value Engineering    14.3    Variation Procedure    15
   DEFAULT OF CONTRACTOR    15.1    Notice to Correct    15.2    Termination   
15.3    Valuation at Date of Termination    15.4    Payment after Termination   
15.5    Improper and Illegal Payments    16    DEFAULT OF EMPLOYER    16.1   
Contractor’s Entitlement to Suspend Work    16.2    Termination    16.3   
Cessation of Work and Removal of Contractor’s Equipment    16.4    Payment on
Termination    17    RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY    17.1    Indemnity    17.2   
Contractor’s Care of the Works    17.3    Employer’s Risks    17.4   
Consequences of Employer’s Risks    17.5    Contractor’s Risks    17.6   
Limitation of Liability (Contractor’s)    18    INSURANCE    18.1    Insurance
for Design    18.2    Insurance for Works and Contractor’s Equipment    18.3   
Insurance against Injury to Persons and Damage to Property    18.4    Insurance
for Workers    18.5    General Requirements for Insurances    19    FORCE
MAJEURE    19.1    Definition of Force Majeure    19.2    Effect of Force
Majeure Event    19.3    Contractor’s Responsibility    19.4    Employer’s
Responsibility    19.5    Payment to Contractor    19.6    Optional Termination,
Payment and Release    19.7    Releases from Performance under the Law   

 

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20    CLAIMS, DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION    20.1    Procedure for Claims    20.2
   Payment of Claims    20.3    Mediation    20.4    Arbitration    APPENDICES
   2.1    Parent Company Guarantee    2.2    Performance Bond    2.3    Project
schedule    2.4    List of permits, licences and approvals    2.5    Additional
Statement    2.6    Payment milestones    2.7    Materials market price list   

 

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1. The Contract

 

Definitions  

1.1     In the Contract (as defined below) the words and expressions defined
below shall have the meanings assigned to them, except where the context
requires otherwise:

      1.1.1     Documents            1.1.1.1      “Appendix to Tender” means the
completed appendix comprised in the Tender.            1.1.1.2      “Contract”
means the Contract Agreement, these Conditions of Contract and the Employer’s
Requirements and such further documents as may be expressly incorporated in the
Contract Agreement.            1.1.1.3      “Contract Agreement” means the
contract agreement referred to in Sub-Clause 1.5.            1.1.1.4      “Phase
work instruction” means the instructions the Employer gives to the Contractors
before the Contractor starts the next “phase” of the Works and order the
materials for such phase. The Works under this Agreement are divided into 4
“phases” including but not limited to: (1) design and management, (2)
construction engineering, (3) Fit Out, engineering (4) M+E engineering These
phases shall be further defined by the Employer after the Contract is signed.
Before Contractor can start any phase, Contractor shall request an application
letter from the Employer, and the employer shall issue a Phase work instruction,
which shall either instruct Contractor to begin the next phase, delay the next
phase, or stop the Works (which determination shall be made by the Employer in
its sole discretion without any obligation or liability to the Contractor). Only
upon a Phase work instruction instructing the Contractor to begin the next phase
may the Contractor start such phase’s work and order materials for such phase.  
         1.1.1.5      “Project Purchase Order” means the Purchase Order issued
by the Employer to the Contractor which includes 4 items (each item related to
one phase of the Works), with each phase’s spec/amount/remark etc. No item on
the Project Purchase Order shall be released until the Phase work instruction
for that phase is issued by the Employer, specifically directing the Contractor
to move forward with the next phase.

 

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           1.1.1.6      “Employer’s Requirements” means the description of the
scope, standard, criteria (if any) and programme of work, as included in the
Contract and more specifically in Section 3 of the Contract, and any alterations
and modifications thereto in accordance with the Contract.            1.1.1.7
     “Tender” means the Contractor’s signed offer for the Works and all other
documents which the Contractor submitted            1.1.1.8      “EPC/turnkey
projects” means Engineering, Procurement and Construction which also include
installation/testing/trail running/final acceptance and integrating of Employer
assigned Waste Contractor(s).       1.1.2     Persons            1.1.2.1     
“Contractor” means the person whose tender has been accepted by the Employer and
whose name appears as such in the Contract Agreement and the legal successors in
title to such person, but not (except with the consent of the Employer) any
assignee of such person. In this Contract, contractor is Beijing Shiyuan Xida
Construction and Technology Company.            1.1.2.2      “Contractor’s
Representative” means the person (if any) named as such in the Contract or other
person appointed from time to time by the Contractor under Sub-Clause 4.3.  
         1.1.2.3      “Employer” means MFlEX (Chengdu) CO., LTD and the legal
successors in title to such person.            1.1.2.4      “Employer’s
Representative” means the person appointed by the Employer to act as Employer’s
Representative for the purposes of the Contract and notified to the Contractor
prior to the Effective Date, or other person appointed from time to time by the
Employer and notified as such to the Contractor. In this contract, employer’s
representative is indicating to employer assigned project manager and
Supervision Engineer.            1.1.2.5      “Supervision Engineer” means
someone who belongs to constructive consultant company by employer assigned, on
behalf of employer for supervision and management of project under the
government’s policy.            1.1.2.6      “Guarantor” means the person or
persons referred to in Sub-Clause 1.14 and whose name or names appears or

 

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       appear as such in the Contract Agreement and the legal successors in
title to such person, but not (except with the consent of the Employer) any
assignee of such person. In this Contract, China Electronics Engineering Design
Institute is the Guarantor.            1.1.2.7      “Key Personnel” means the
Contractor’s key personnel as listed in the Appendix to Tender.  
         1.1.2.8      “Provisions Suppliers” means such persons as shall be
notified by the Employer to the Contractor as the suppliers of the whole or part
of the Employer’s Supplies and the legal successors to such persons.  
         1.1.2.9      “Subcontractor” means any person named in the Contract as
a subcontractor, manufacturer or supplier for a part of the Works or any person
to whom a part of the Works has been subcontracted in accordance with Sub-Clause
4.5, and the legal successors in title to such person, but not any assignee of
such person.       1.1.3    Dates, Times and Periods            1.1.3.1     
“Base Date” means the date forty (40) days prior to execution of the Contract.  
         1.1.3.2      “Commencement Date” means the date on which the Contractor
receives the notice to commence issued by the Employer’s Representative under
Sub-Clause 8.1.            1.1.3.3      “Contract Period” means the period from
the Commencement Date to the date three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after
the date on which the whole of the Works shall have been completed as certified
by the Employer’s Representative under Clause 10 (or as extended under
Sub-Clause 12.3A). During the 12 month period following the issue of the
Completion Certificate the works shall be maintained by the Contractor at his
expense, and at the end of which, following satisfactory completion of any
required remedial works the balance of the Retention Money is released.  
         1.1.3.4      “Day” means a calendar day and “year” means 365 days.  
         1.1.3.5      “Effective Date” means the date of the Contract Agreement.

 

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           1.1.3.6      “Latent Defect/Damage Contract Period” means, in respect
of Latent Defect/Damage, the period commencing on the expiry of the Contract
Period and expiring at the end of the following periods, based on the
requirements of the Chinese National Code, for example:-       

(a)     Foundation and Superstructure - 50 years

      

(b)     Roof and waterproofed areas - 5 years

      

(c)     Lighting, water supply and drainage, equipment and renovation - 2 years

      

(d)     Heating and Cooling Systems - 2 annual cycles for each system

           1.1.3.7      “Time for Completion” means the time for completing the
Works or a Section (as the case may be) and passing the Tests on Completion,
which shall be nine (9) months (or as extended under Sub-Clause 8.3), commencing
from the Commencement Date (2010, April 16th).       1.1.4    Tests and
Completion            1.1.4.1      “Performance Certificate” means the
certificate issued by the Employer’s Representative under Sub-Clause 12.9.  
         1.1.4.2      “Taking-Over Certificate” means a certificate issued under
Clause 10.            1.1.4.3      “Tests on Completion” means the tests
specified in Schedule 2.3for mechanical completion and pre-commissioning and any
other such tests as may be agreed by the Employer’s Representative and the
Contractor or instructed as a Variation, which are to be carried out before the
Works or any Section are taken over by the Employer.       1.1.5    Money and
Payments            1.1.5.1      “Contract Price” means the sum stated in the
Contract Agreement as payable to the Contractor for the execution, completion
and testing of the Works and the remedying of any defects in accordance with the
provisions of the Contract.            1.1.5.2      “Cost” means all expenditure
properly incurred (or to be incurred) by the Contractor, whether on or off the
Site, including overhead and similar charges, but does not include profit.

 

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           1.1.5.3      “Final Payment Certificate” means the payment
certificate issued by the Employer’s Representative under Sub-Clause 13.10.  
         1.1.5.4      “Final Statement” means the agreed statement defined in
Sub-Clause 13.8.            1.1.5.5      “Interim Payment Certificate” means any
payment certificate issued by the Employer’s Representative under Clause 13,
other than the Final Payment Certificate.            1.1.5.6      “Payment
Milestones” means the milestones specified in Schedule 2.3 against which the
Contractor is entitled to be paid for work completed in accordance with the
percentages specified therein.       1.1.6    Other Definitions  
         1.1.6.1      “Contractor’s Equipment” means all machinery, apparatus
and other things (other than Temporary Works) required for the execution and
completion of the Works and the remedying of any defects, but does not include
Plant, Materials, or other things intended to form or forming part of the
Permanent Works.            1.1.6.2      “Country” means the country in which
the Works are to be executed and to which Plant and Materials are to be
delivered.            1.1.6.3      “Employer’s Supplies” means the equipment to
be supplied by the Provisions Suppliers to the Contractor on behalf and for the
account of the Employer, which is to be incorporated into and comprising the
Plant, details of which are contained in the Employer’s Requirements.  
         1.1.6.4      “Latent Defect/Damage” means a defect in or damage to the
Works that was present during the Contract Period, but which would not have been
disclosed by reasonable examination during such period.            1.1.6.5     
“Materials” means things of all kinds (other than Plant) to be provided and
incorporated in the Permanent Works by the Contractor, including the supply only
items (if any) which are to be supplied by the Contractor as specified in the
Contract.            1.1.6.6      “Permanent Works” means the permanent works to
be executed in accordance with the Construction Drawings.

 

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           1.1.6.7      “Plant” means machinery and apparatus intended to form
or forming part of the Permanent Works, including the supply-only items (if any)
which are to be supplied by the Contractor as specified in the Contract and, as
the context may require, the Employer’s Supplies taking into account the
responsibilities of the parties in relation to the Employer’s Supplies in
accordance with Sub-Clause 4.20.            1.1.6.8      “Section” means a part
of the Works specifically defined in the Employer’s Requirements as a Section
(if any).            1.1.6.9      “Site” means the places provided by the
Employer where the Works are to be executed and to which Plant and Materials are
to be delivered, and any other places as may be specifically designated in the
Contract as forming part of the Site.            1.1.6.10      “Temporary Works”
means all temporary works of every kind (other than Contractor’s Equipment)
required for the execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of any
defects.            1.1.6.11      “Variation” means any alteration and/or
modification to the Employer’s Requirements, which is instructed by the
Employer’s Representative or approved as a variation by the Employer’s
Representative, in accordance with Clause 14.            1.1.6.12      “Works”
means the Permanent Works and the Temporary Works or either of them as
appropriate.

Headings and

Marginal Notes

               1.2      The headings and marginal notes are not part of these
Conditions, and shall not be taken into consideration in their interpretation.
Interpretation                1.3      Words importing persons or parties shall
include firms and corporations and any organization having legal capacity. Words
importing the singular also include the plural and vice versa where the context
requires. Words importing one gender also include other genders. Law and
Language                1.4      The Contract shall be governed and interpreted
in accordance with the laws of The People’s Republic of China. The law governing
the procedure and administration of any arbitration instituted pursuant to
sub-clause 20.4 shall be the laws of The People’s Republic of China.

 

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    The languages for day to day communications shall be the Chinese and English
languages. Contract Agreement   1.5   If requested by one party, the other
parties shall execute a Contract Agreement, in the form approved by the Employer
as may be necessary to record the Contract. The costs of stamp duties and
similar charges imposed by law shall be borne by the Employer. Priority of
Documents   1.6   The documents forming the Contract are to be taken as mutually
explanatory of one another. If there is an ambiguity or discrepancy in the
documents, the Employers’ Representative shall issue any necessary clarification
or instruction to the Contractor, and the priority of the documents shall be as
follows:    

(a)     The Project Purchase Order to the extent signed by an executive officer
of the Employer;

   

(b)     The Phase work instruction, to the extent signed by either the
Employer’s Representative or an executive officer of the Employer;

   

(c)     The Contract Agreement;

   

(d)     The Conditions of Contract;

   

(e)     The Employer’s Requirements; and

   

(f)      The Construction Documents, the Tender and any other documents forming
part of the Contract.

Documents on Site   1.7   The Contractor shall keep on the Site one complete set
of the documents forming the Contract, the Construction Documents, Variations,
other communications given or issued under Sub-Clause 1.8 and the documents
mentioned in Sub-Clause 5.4. The Employer, the Employer’s Representative and
assistants (as referred to in Sub-Clause 3.3) shall have the right to use such
documents at all reasonable times. Communications   1.8   Wherever provision is
made for the giving or issue of any notice, instruction, consent, approval,
certificate or determination by any person, unless otherwise specified such
communication shall be in writing and shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.     Wherever provision is made for a communication to be “written” or
“in writing”, this means any hand-written,

 

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    type-written or printed communication, including agreed systems of
electronic transmission.     All certificates, notices or written orders to be
given to the Contractor and/or the Guarantor by the Employer or the Employer’s
Representative, and all notices to be given to the Employer or to the Employer’s
Representative by the Contractor and/or the Guarantor, shall either be delivered
by hand against written acknowledgement of receipt, or be sent by airmail or one
of the agreed systems of electronic transmission. The addresses for the receipt
of such communications shall be as follows:     For Contractor     Attn: Mr.Su
Gangmin     Project Director     Attn: Mr. Liu Yigong, Mr. Bian Zheng    
Project Manager     Address: Room 209, building 7, No.406 of Xujiang road,
Suzhou     Fax: 0512-82170706     Tel: 0512-82170706     E-mail:
sugangmin@ceedi.com.cn    

Attn:  liuyigong@ceedi.com.cn,

          bianzheng@ceedi.com.cn

    For Guarantor     Attn: Mrs.Huping     Chairman     Company’s name: China
Electronics Engineering Design Institute     Company’s address: 27 Wanshou Road,
Beijing, 100840     For Employer     Attn: Mr WC Chong     Employer’s
Representative     MFLEX (Chendu) CO., LTD.    

Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (Western), No.1,

Middle of Tianfu road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611731, China

    Email address: wcchong@mflex.com.cn     With a copy to:     Mr. Wu Xiaodong
    Senior Corporate Counsel     Mr. Zhou lianxing     Purchasing Manager

 

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    MFLEX (Suzhou) CO., LTD.     No.68 Nanhu Road, Dongwu industrial park,
Economy and technology development area, Suzhou     Email address:
 vwu@mflex.com.cn                                lxzhou@mflex.com.cn

Provision of

Construction

Documents

  1.9   The Construction Documents shall be in the custody and care of the
Contractor. The Contractor shall provide to the Employer 6 sets of Construction
Drawings for civil works and M&E installation for new building of MFLEX
(Chengdu) CO., LTD.

Contractor’s Use

of Construction

Documents

  1.10   Copyright in the Construction Documents and other documents made by or
on behalf of the Contractor shall (as between the parties) become the property
of the Employer. They shall not, without the Employer’s consent, be used, copied
or communicated to a third party by the Contractor or the Contractor’s
Representative for any purposes other than the Contract.

Contractor’s Use

of Employer’s

Documents

  1.11   Copyright in the Employer’s Requirements and other documents issued by
the Employer or the Employer’s Representative to the Contractor shall (as
between the parties) remain the property of the Employer. The Contractor may, at
his cost, copy, use and communicate any such documents for the purposes of the
Contract. They shall not, without the Employer’s consent, be used, copied or
communicated to a third party by the Contractor, except as necessary for the
purposes of the Contract.

Compliance with

Statutes,

Regulations and

Laws

  1.12   The Contractor shall, in all matters arising in the performance of the
Contract, comply with, give all notices under, and pay all fees required by, the
provisions of any national, provincial or local statute, ordinance or other law,
or any regulation of any legally constituted public authority having
jurisdiction over the Works. In addition, the Contractor shall comply with all
policies of the Employer, as notified to the Contractor from time to time. The
Employer and the Contractor shall comply with the laws of each country where
activities are performed.

Joint and Several

Liability

  1.13   If the Contractor is a consortium of two or more persons, all such
persons shall be jointly and severally liable to the Employer for the fulfilment
of the terms of the Contract. Such persons shall designate one of them to act as
leader with authority to bind the consortium and each of its

 

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    members. The composition or the constitution of the consortium shall not be
altered without the prior consent of the Employer.

Parent Company

Guarantee

  1.14   The Contractor shall obtain from its parent company or such other
guarantor as required by the Employer, or where the Contractor is a consortium
of two or more persons, such persons shall obtain from their respective parent
companies or such other guarantors as required by the Employer (the “Guarantor”)
and procure the delivery to the Employer of, and the Guarantor shall deliver to
the Employer, a guarantee for the respective obligations of the Contractor or
such persons in the form stated in Appendix 2.1 hereto simultaneously with the
execution of the Contract Agreement. Clauses, Appendices and Schedules   1.15  
Reference herein to Clauses, Sub-Clauses, Appendices and Schedules are to
clauses and sub-clauses in and appendices and schedules to the Contract. The
Appendices and Schedules to the Contract shall be deemed to form part of the
Contract. Severability   1.16   The invalidity or unenforceability of any term
of or any right arising pursuant to the Contract shall not in any way affect the
remaining terms or rights. Confidentiality   1.17   Except as otherwise provided
in the Contract, all communications between the parties, all information and
other material supplied to or received by any party by or from the other which
is either designated confidential or by its nature intended to be confidential,
and all information concerning the business transactions and financial
arrangements of the parties will be kept confidential by the Contractor and the
Guarantor unless and until such party can demonstrate that it, or part of it, is
in the public domain through no fault of such party whereupon to the extent that
it is in the public domain the obligations under this Sub-Clause 1.17 shall
cease. The parties further agree that this Sub-Clause 1.17 shall endure without
limit in point of time. 2. The Employer General Obligations   2.1   The Employer
shall provide the Site and shall pay the Contractor in accordance with Clause
13. Access to and   2.2   The Employer shall grant the Contractor right of
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Possession of the

Site

    the Site on the Commencement Date. Such right and possession may not be
exclusive to the Contractor.     If the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs
Cost from failure on the part of the Employer to grant right of access to or
possession of the Site, the Contractor shall give notice to the Employer’s
Representative. After receipt of such notice the Employer’s Representative shall
proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine:    

(a)     any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under
Sub-Clause 8.3, and

   

(b)     the amount of such Cost plus reasonable profit, which shall be added to
the Contract Price,

 

and shall notify the Contractor accordingly.

   

After receiving this notice, the Employer shall proceed in accordance with
Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine these matters.

 

However, if and to the extent that the Employer’s failure was caused by any
error or delay by the Contractor, including an error in, or delay in the
submission of, any of the Contractor’s Documents, the Contractor shall not be
entitled to such extension of time, Cost or profit.

Permits, Licences

or Approvals

  2.3   The Employer and the Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all
permits, licences and approvals, as indicated in Schedule 2.4, in reasonable
time taking account of the time for delivery of the Plant and Materials and for
completion of the Works. The Employer and the Contractor shall, at the request
and cost of the Contractor and the Employer respectively, assist each other in
applying for all such permits, licences or approvals. In addition, the
Contractor shall be responsible for and the Employer shall, at the request and
cost of the Contractor, assist him in applying for all other permits, licences
and approvals, not covered in Schedule 2.4 excluding those arising from new
policy / regulations imposed by public authorities, after the Contract has been
signed, which are required for any part of the Works, for delivery (including
clearance through customs) of Plant, Materials and Contractor’s Equipment, and
for the completion of the Works. Such requests may also include requests for the
Employer’s assistance in applying for any necessary government consent to the
export of Contractor’s Equipment when it is removed from the Site.

 

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Employer’s

Entitlement to

Terminate

  2.4   The Employer shall be entitled to terminate the Contract, at the
Employer’s convenience, at any time after giving 14 days’ prior notice to the
Contractor, with a copy to the Employer’s Representative, and returning the
performance security. In the event of such termination, the Contractor:    

(a)     shall proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 16.3, and

 

(b)     shall be paid by the Employer in accordance with Sub-Clause 19.6.

Assignment and

Novation by

Employer

  2.5   The Employer may in its sole discretion, novate or assign the Contract
or any part thereof or any obligation, interest or benefit therein or thereunder
to any person provided such person must be financially sound and capable of
complying with the Employer’s obligations under the Contract. The Contractor and
the Guarantor agree, if required by the Employer, to be parties to any such
novation or assignment and to execute all relevant documents in connection
therewith (including, if required, a replacement guarantee in favour of such
person), provided that nothing herein shall require the Contractor nor the
Guarantor to be responsible for any additional obligations other than those
contained herein or agreed between the Contractor, the Guarantor and the
Employer prior to such novation or assignment. Employer’s Claims   2.6   If the
Employer considers himself to be entitled to any payment under any Clause of
these Conditions or otherwise in connection with the Contract, and/or to any
extension of the Defects Notification Period, he shall give notice and
particulars to the Contractor. However, notice is not required for payments due
under Sub-Clause 4.19 or for other services requested by the Contractor.     The
particulars shall specify the Clause or other basis of the claim, and shall
include substantiation of the amount and/or extension to which the Employer
considers himself to be entitled in connection with the Contract. The Employer
shall then proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine the
amount (if any) which the Employer is entitled to be paid by the Contractor,
and/or the extension (if any) of the Defects Notification Period in accordance
with Sub-Clause 12.3.

 

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    The Employer may deduct this amount from any moneys due, or to become due,
to the Contractor. 3. The Employer’s Representative

Employer’s

Representative’s

Duties and Authority

  3.1  

The Employer’s Representative shall carry out the duties specified in the
Contract. The Employer’s Representative shall have no authority to amend the
Contract.

 

The Employer’s Representative may exercise the authority specified in or
necessarily to be implied from the Contract. Any requisite approval required by
the Employer, in respect of the exercise of such authority, shall be deemed to
have been given by the Employer for any such authority, exercised by the
Employer’s Representative.

    Except as expressly stated in the Conditions of Contract, the Employer’s
Representative shall have no authority to relieve the Contractor of any of his
duties, obligations or responsibilities under the Contract. Any proposal,
inspection, examination, testing, consent, approval or similar act by the
Employer’s Representative (including absence of disapproval) shall not relieve
the Contractor from any responsibility, including responsibility for his errors,
omissions, discrepancies, and non-compliance with Sub-Clauses 5.3 and 5.4.    
The Employer’s Representative shall copy to the Employer all communications
given or received by him in accordance with the Contract.

Requirements for

Employer’s

Representative

  3.2   The Employer’s Representative shall be a suitably qualified engineer or
other appropriate professional, having the experience and capability necessary
for compliance with this Clause, or shall employ such suitably qualified
engineers and other professionals and make them available for the Contract.

Employer’s

Representative’s

Authority to Delegate

  3.3   The Employer’s Representative may from time to time delegate any of his
duties to assistants, and may at any time revoke any such delegation. Any such
delegation or revocation shall be in writing and shall not take effect until a
copy has been delivered to the Employer and the Contractor.     Any
determination, instruction, inspection, examination, testing, consent, approval
or similar act by any such assistant of the Employer’s Representative, in
accordance

 

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    with the delegation, shall have the same effect as though it had been an act
of the Employer’s Representative. However:    

(a)     any failure to disapprove any Plant, Materials, or workmanship shall not
prejudice the right of the Employer’s Representative to reject such Plant,
Materials, or workmanship;

   

(b)     if the Contractor questions any determination or instruction of an
assistant of the Employer’s Representative, the Contractor may refer the matter
to the Employer’s Representative, who shall confirm, reverse or vary such
determination or instruction.

Employer’s

Representative’s

Instructions

  3.4   Unless it is legally or physically impossible, would constitute a breach
of the Contract or agreement, the Contractor shall comply with instructions
given by the Employer’s Representative in accordance with the Contract.

Employer’s

Representative to

Attempt Agreement

  3.5   When the Employer’s Representative is required to determine value, Cost
or extension of time, he shall consult with the Contractor in an endeavour to
reach agreement. If agreement is not achieved, the Employer’s Representative
shall determine the matter fairly, reasonably and in accordance with the
Contract. 4. The Contractor General Obligations   4.1   The Works as completed
by the Contractor shall be wholly in accordance with the Employer’s
Requirements, the Contract and applicable laws, rules and regulations and other
purposes for which they are intended, as defined in the Contract. The Works
shall include any work which is necessary to satisfy the Employer’s Requirements
or is implied by the Contract or arises from any obligation of the Contractor,
and all works not mentioned in the Contract but which may he inferred to be
necessary for stability or completion or the safe, reliable and efficient
operation of the Work.     The Contractor shall design, execute and complete the
Works, including providing Construction Documents, within the Time for
Completion, and shall remedy any defects within the Contract Period and the
Latent Defect/Damage Contract Period where applicable. The Contractor shall
provide all superintendence, labour, Plant, Materials, Contractor’s Equipment,
Temporary Works and all other things, whether of a temporary or permanent
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        completion and remedying of defects, save as provided in Sub-Clause 4.20
in relation to the
Employer’s Supplies.     The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the
adequacy, stability and safety of all Site operations, of all methods of
construction and of all the Works, irrespective of any approval or consent by
the Employer’s Representative and shall be responsible for obtaining all
permits, licences and approvals as indicated in Schedule 2.4 and in accordance
with the provisions of Sub-Clause 2.3.     The Contractor shall not allow its
operations to interfere with the operations of the Employer’s existing plant on
the Site.

Performance

Security

  4.2  

The Contractor shall obtain (at his cost) a Performance Security for proper
performance, in the amount of ten per cent (10%) of the Contract Price. If an
amount is not stated in the Particular Conditions, this Sub-Clause shall not
apply.

 

The Contractor shall deliver the Performance Security to the Employer within 28
days after both Parties have signed the Contract Agreement. The Performance
Security shall be issued by an entity and from within a country (or other
jurisdiction) approved by the Employer, and shall be in the form annexed to the
Particular Conditions or in another form approved by the Employer.

 

The Contractor shall ensure that the Performance Security is valid and
enforceable until the Contractor has executed and completed the Works and
remedied any defects. If the terms of the Performance Security specify its
expiry date, and the Contractor has not become entitled to receive the
Performance Certificate by the date 28 days prior to the expiry date, the
Contractor shall extend the validity of the Performance Security until the Works
have been completed and any defects have been remedied.

 

The Employer shall not make a claim under the Performance Security, except for
amounts to which the Employer is entitled under the Contract in the event of:

 

a)       failure by the Contractor to extend the validity of the Performance
Security as described in the preceding paragraph, in which event the Employer
may claim the full amount of the Performance Security,

 

b)       failure by the Contractor to pay the Employer an amount due, as either
agreed by the Contractor or

 

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          determined under Sub-Clause 20, within 42 days after this agreement or
determination,

 

c)       failure by the Contractor to remedy a default within 42 days after
receiving the Employer’s notice requiring the default to be remedied, or

 

d)       circumstances which entitle the Employer to termination under
Sub-Clause 15.2 [Termination by Employer], irrespective of whether notice of
termination has been given.

 

The Employer shall return the Performance Security to the Contractor within 21
days after the Performance Certificate has been signed by the Employer’s
Representative and delivered to the Contractor in accordance with Sub-Clause
12.9.

Representative   4.3   The Contractor shall not revoke the appointment of Mr.
Liu Yigong and Mr. Bian Zheng as the Contractor’s Representative without the
prior written consent of the Employer’s Representative.     The Contractor’s
Representative shall give his whole time to directing the preparation of the
Construction Documents and the execution of the Works. Except as otherwise
stated in the Contract, the Contractor’s Representative shall receive (on behalf
of the Contractor) all notices, instructions, consents, approvals, certificates,
determinations and other communications under the Contract. Whenever the
Contractor’s Representative is to be absent from the Site, a suitable
replacement person shall be appointed, and that should be subject to approval in
advance by the Employer’s Representative.     The Contractor’s Representative
may delegate any of his powers, functions and authorities to any competent
person, and may at any time revoke any such delegation. Any such delegation or
revocation shall be in writing and shall not take effect until the Employer’s
Representative has received prior notice signed by the Contractor’s
Representative, specifying the powers, functions and authorities being delegated
or revoked. The Contractor’s Representative and such persons shall be fluent in
the language for day to day communications defined in Sub-Clause 1.4.

Co-ordination of

the Works

  4.4   The Contractor shall be responsible for the co-ordination and proper
execution of the Works, including co-ordination (and safety) of other
contractors to the extent specified in the Employer’s Requirements. The
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    shall, as specified in the Employer’s Requirements, afford all reasonable
opportunities for carrying out their work to:    

(a)     any other contractors employed by the Employer and their workmen,

   

(b)     the workmen of the Employer, and

   

(c)     the workmen of any legally constituted public authorities who may be
employed in the execution on or near the Site of any work not included in the
Contract, which the Employer may require.

    The Contractor shall obtain, co-ordinate and submit to the Employer’s
Representative for his information all details (including details of work to be
carried out off the Site) from Subcontractors. The Contractor shall be
responsible for the locations of their work or materials, in order to ensure
that there is no conflict with the work of other Subcontractors, the Contractor
or other contractors. The Contractor is obligated to have any Subcontractor to
sign an agreement with the Contractor and pass the training before enter the
construction site. The details of such contracts should follow Chinese law and
ration of China. Subcontractors   4.5   The Contractor shall not subcontract the
whole of the Works and in respect of Subcontractors:    

(a)     the Contractor shall not be required to obtain consent for purchases of
Materials or for subcontracts for which the Subcontractor is named in the
Contract;

   

(b)     the prior consent of the Employer’s Representative shall be obtained to
proposed Subcontractors, including any contractor of a Subcontractor, and upon
the Employer’s request, the Contractor shall ensure the Subcontractor to provide
the Employer with the Subcontractor’s EHS records where available for the
Employer’s review;

   

(c)     not less than 7 days before the intended date of each Subcontractor
commencing work on the Site, the Contractor shall notify the Employer’s
Representative of such intention; and

   

(d)     where practicable, the Contractor shall give a fair and reasonable
opportunity for contractors from the Country to be appointed as Subcontractors.

    The Contractor shall be responsible for observance by all Subcontractors of
all the provisions of the Contract. The Contractor shall be responsible for the
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    defaults of any Subcontractor, his agents, employees and subcontractors, as
fully as if they were the acts, neglects or defaults of the Contractor, his
agents or employees.     Notwithstanding the aforesaid, China Electronics
Engineering Design Institute, a company organised and existing under the laws of
The People’s Republic of China, as the ultimate parent company of the
Contractor, would have the right at all times to perform the Contractor’s
obligations under the Contract, provided that and under no circumstances
whatsoever shall such performance by Beijing Shiyuan Xida Construction and
Technology Company, in any way prejudice the Contractor’s obligations and
liabilities under the Contract and the performance or non performance and all
acts and omissions of Beijing Shiyuan Xida Construction and Technology Company,
and all liability arising out or in connection therewith (and whether arising in
contract, tort or otherwise) shall be deemed to be the performance, non
performance, acts, omissions and liabilities of the Contractor as if fully
undertaken by the Contractor.

Assignment of

Subcontractor’s

Obligations

  4.6   If a Subcontractor has undertaken a continuing obligation to the
Contractor for the work or executed, or Plant, Materials or services supplied,
by such Subcontractor, and if such obligation extends beyond the expiry of the
Contract Period, Only the Contractor shall, upon the expiry of the Contract
Period, assign the benefit of such obligation to the Employer for its unexpired
duration, at the request and cost of the Employer. The Contractor shall ensure
that all obligations of any Subcontractor, and which extend beyond the expiry of
the Contract period, are assignable to the Employer. Setting Out   4.7   The
Contractor shall set out the Works in relation to original points, lines and
levels of reference specified in the Employer’s Requirements or, if not
specified, given by the Employer’s Representative in writing. The Contractor
shall rectify, at his cost, any error in the positions, levels, dimensions or
alignment of the Works. It is accepted by the Employer that the position of the
existing boundary fence does not comply with Government standards but the
Employer has been informed by Government that the fence may remain in its
current position. The Employer has decided to retain the existing boundary fence
in its current position unless it is subsequently found that it has to be
relocated.

 

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Quality Assurance   4.8   The Contractor shall institute a quality assurance
system to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the Contract. Such
system shall be in accordance with the details stated in the Contract.
Compliance with the quality assurance system shall not relieve the Contractor of
his duties, obligations or responsibilities.     Details of all procedures and
compliance documents shall be submitted to the Employer’s Representative for his
information before each execution stage. When any document is issued to the
Employer’s Representative, it shall be accompanied by the signed quality
statements for such document, in accordance with the details stated in the
Contract. The Employer’s Representative shall be entitled to audit any aspect of
the system and require corrective action to be taken. Site Data   4.9   The
Contractor shall be deemed to have inspected and examined the Site, its
surroundings, the existing plant to be expanded and have reviewed any data and
other available information with respect to the Site, and to have satisfied
himself before entering into the Contract, as to, but without limitation:    

(a)     the form and nature of the Site, including the sub-surface conditions,

   

(b)     the hydrological, hydrographical, geotechnic and climatic conditions,

   

(c)     the extent and nature of the work and Materials necessary for the
execution and completion of the Works, and the remedying of any defects, and

   

(d)     the means of access to the Site and the accommodation he may require.

    The Contractor shall be deemed to have obtained all necessary information as
to risks, contingencies and all other circumstances which may influence or
affect his tender.

Matters Affecting

the Execution of the Works

  4.10   The Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself before
entering into the Contract as to the correctness and sufficiency of the Contract
Price. Unless otherwise stated in the Contract, the Contract Price shall cover
all his obligations under the Contract and all things necessary for the proper
design, execution and completion of the Works and the remedying of any defects
and shall be inclusive of all risks, contingences, local and national
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    customs, policies and practises and other conditions affecting the Works
except as otherwise stated in the Contract.

Unforeseeable

Sub-Surface

Conditions

  4.11   If exceptionally adverse sub-surface conditions are encountered by the
Contractor which in his opinion were not, notwithstanding the exercise of all
due care and diligence, foreseeable by an internationally experienced contractor
by the Base Date, the Contractor shall give notice to the Employer’s
Representative so that the Employer’s Representative can inspect such
conditions. After receipt of such notice and after his inspection and
investigation, the Employer’s Representative shall, if such conditions were not
(by the Base Date) foreseeable by an internationally experienced contractor,
proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine:    

(a)     any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under
Sub-Clause 8.3, and

   

(b)     the additional Cost due to such conditions, which shall be added to the
Contract Price,

 

and shall notify the Contractor accordingly.

Access Route   4.12   The Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself
as to the suitability and availability of the access routes he chooses to use.
The Contractor shall (as between the parties) be responsible for the maintenance
of access routes. The Contractor shall provide any signs or directions which he
may consider necessary for the guidance of his staff, labour and others. The
Contractor shall obtain any permission that may be required from the relevant
authorities for the use of such routes, signs and directions, and the Employer
will provide assistance in obtaining such permission should this be necessary.  
  The Employer will not be responsible for any claims which may arise from the
use or otherwise of any access route. The Employer does not guarantee the
suitability or availability of any particular access route, and will not
entertain any claim for any non-suitability or non-availability for continuous
use during construction of any such route.

Rights of Way and

Facilities

  4.13   The Contractor shall bear all costs and charges for special or
temporary rights-of-way required by him for access to the Site. The Contractor
shall also provide, at his own cost, any additional facilities outside the Site
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    the purposes of the Works. Programme   4.14   The Contractor shall submit a
programme to the Employer’s Representative, for information, within thirty (30)
days of the execution of the Contract. The programme shall include the
following:    

(a)     the order in which the Contractor proposes to carry out the Works
(including each stage of procurement, manufacture, delivery to Site,
construction, erection and installation, testing and pre-commissioning),

   

(b)     all major events and activities in the production of the Construction
Documents,

   

(c)     the periods for the pre-construction reviews under Sub-Clause 5.2 and
for any other submissions, approvals and consents specified in the Employer’s
Requirements,

   

(d)     the sequence of all tests specified in the Contract, and

   

(e)     the Contractor’s environmental, health and safety details.

    Unless otherwise stated in the Contract, the programme shall be developed
using precedence networking techniques, showing early start, late start, early
finish and late finish dates.     The Contractor shall, whenever required by the
Employer’s Representative, provide in writing, for information, a general
description of the arrangements and methods which the Contractor proposes to
adopt for the execution of the Works. No significant alteration to the
programme, or to such arrangements and methods, shall be made without informing
the Employer’s Representative. If the progress of the Works does not conform to
the programme, the Employer’s Representative may instruct the Contractor to
revise the programme, showing the modifications necessary to achieve completion
within the Time for Completion. Progress Reports   4.15   Monthly progress
reports shall be prepared by the Contractor and submitted to the Employer’s
Representative in three (3) copies. The first report shall cover the period up
to the end of the calendar month after that in which the Commencement Date
occurred; reports shall be submitted monthly thereafter, each within 14 days of
the last day of the period to which it relates. Reporting shall continue until
the Contractor has completed all work which is known to be outstanding at the
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    Taking-Over Certificate for the whole of the Works. Each report shall
include:    

(a)     photographs and detailed descriptions of progress, including each stage
of procurement, manufacture, delivery to Site, construction, erection and
installation, testing and pre-commissioning;

   

(b)     charts showing the status of the Construction Documents, purchase
orders, manufacture and construction;

   

(c)     for the manufacture of each main item of Plant and Materials, the name
of manufacturer, manufacture location, percentage progress, and the actual or
expected dates of commencement of manufacture, Contractor’s inspections, tests
and delivery. A pro forma shall be prepared by the Contractor, and performance
routinely reviewed at weekly site meetings;

   

(d)     records of personnel and Contractor’s Equipment on Site shall be
provided by the Contractor at each weekly site meeting;

   

(e)     copies of quality assurance documents, test results and certificates of
Materials shall be produced by the Contractor at weekly site meetings as they
become available, liaising with the Quality Inspection Bureau;

   

(f)      safety statistics, including details of any hazardous incidents and
activities relating to environmental aspects and public relations; and

   

(g)     comparisons of actual and planned progress with details of any aspects
which may jeopardize the completion in accordance with the Contract, and the
measures being (or to be) adopted to overcome such aspects.

Contractor’s Equipment   4.16   The Contractor shall provide all Contractor’s
Equipment necessary to complete the Works. All Contractor’s Equipment shall,
when brought on to the Site, be deemed to be exclusively intended for the
execution of the Works. With the exception of trucks bringing material to and
from the site on a regular basis, Contractor’s equipment required for the
performance of the Works on the site shall not be removed from the site without
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    Employer’s Representative. Safety Precautions   4.17   The Contractor shall
comply with all applicable safety regulations in his access arrangements and
operations on Site. The Contractor shall, from the commencement of work on Site
until taking-over by the Employer, provide:    

(a)     fencing, lighting, guarding and watching of the Works, and

   

(b)     temporary roadways, footways, guards and fences which may be necessary
for the accommodation and protection of owners and occupiers of adjacent land,
the public and others.

Protection of the

Environment

  4.18   The Contractor shall take all reasonable steps to protect the
environment (both on and off the Site) and to limit damage and nuisance to
people and property resulting from pollution, noise and other results of his
operations. The Contractor shall ensure that air emissions, surface discharges
and effluent from the Site until completion of and during the Tests on
Completion shall not exceed the values indicated in the Employer’s Requirements,
and shall not exceed the values prescribed by law.

Electricity, Water

and Gas

  4.19   The Employer will arrange for the supply of temporary power and water
to the site, following a written request by the Contractor stating the
electrical kva and water supply required, which will be metered and the
consumption paid for directly to the Employer by the Contractor. Employer’s
Supplies and the Parties Responsibility   4.20  

The Employer shall be responsible for selecting and appointing the Provisions
Suppliers and identifying the equipment specification in respect of the
Employer’s Supplies so as to enable the Contractor to execute the Works in
accordance with the Contract and within the Time for Completion. The Contract
Price shall not take into account the cost of the Employer’s Supplies which
shall be for the account of the Employer and paid directly by the Employer to
the Provisions Suppliers.

 

Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Contractor shall be responsible for and the
Contract Price shall include the following services and obligations in respect
of the Employer’s Supplies, where these are included in the Tender Documents.
Where such Supplies are required, and the requirement is not stated in the
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below, with the reasonable cost of such involvement agreed with the Employer’s
Representative:

 

(a)     procurement services from the time the Employer has formally notified
the Contractor of his selection, terms and conditions of appointment of the
Provisions Suppliers and identified the equipment specification leaving
sufficient time for the and completion of the Works to be completed within the
Time for Completion;

 

(b)     Obtaining the detailed engineering drawings of the Employer’s Suppliers
from the Provisions Suppliers provided that the Contractor shall be responsible
for any discrepancies, errors or omissions in any drawings and other particulars
supplied by the Provisions Suppliers;

 

(c)     detailed engineering services as it relates to the interfacing between
the Employer’s Supplies and the remainder of the Plant;

 

(d)     all customs clearance and procedures relating thereto and other
necessary paper work and documentation including but not limited to those in
connection with obtaining all investment, construction and
utility/infrastructure approvals;

 

(e)     inland transportation from the port of import in the Country to the Site
and all expenses associated with the unloading, clearing, forwarding, handling
and storage; and

 

(f)      all expenses and payments in the People’s Republic of China from the
time of discharge of the Employer’s Supplies at the port of import in the
People’s Republic of China, save for import duties and value added tax which
shall be for the account of the Employer.

 

The Contractor shall only be responsible for delays in the execution and
completion of the Works arising from or in connection with the Employer’s
Supplies where the Contractor is responsible for the Employer’s Supplies as
aforesaid and the provisions of the Contract shall apply fully with respect to
such delays. This applies only to delays caused by the Contractor following the
timely availability of such Supplies in the country.

 

Where the Contractor is not responsible for such delays, the Employer’s
Representative shall proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or
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the Time for Completion as may be due together with payment for any additional
costs incurred by the Contractor arising from such delays.

 

All demurrage and wharfage expenses in respect of the Employer’s Supplies shall
be borne by the Employer except where the same arise from an act or omission of
the Contractor.

 

The Contractor shall assume risk of loss in respect of and shall insure the
Employer’s Supplies in accordance with Clauses 17 and 18 respectively from the
time of discharge of the Employer’s Supplies at the port of import in the
People’s Republic of China.

 

For avoidance of doubt the Employer’s Supplies, as detailed in the Employer’s
Requirements, is exhaustive in nature and all other remaining equipment of
whatsoever nature and required for Completion of the Works shall be the
Contractor’s responsibility and included in the Contract Price.

 

The Employer shall be responsible for any defects and/or damage and any Latent
Defects/Damage (such defects and/or damage and Latent Defects/Damage are
hereinafter in this Sub-Clause 4.20 jointly referred to as “Defects/Damage”) to
the Employer’s Supplies and shall, in accordance with Clause 12, execute all
work of amendment, reconstruction and remedying of Defects/Damage to the
Employer’s Supplies and any part of the remaining Works but only to the extent
that such Defects/Damage in such Works are established to have been caused or
contributed by the Employer’s Supplies. The Contractor shall be responsible for
any Defects/Damage in relation to the Employer’s Supplies in accordance with
Clause 12, but only to the extent that:

 

(a)     such Defects/Damage arise from acts or omissions of the Contractor (or
any of his Subcontractors, agents or any persons under the control of the
Contractor or performing the Works) after discharge of the Employer’s Supplies
at the port of import in the Country;

 

(b)     such Defects/Damage are established to have been caused or contributed
by any other parts of the Plant supplied by the Contractor; or

 

(c)     such Defects/Damage arise from the provision of the

 

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          Contractor’s services under (a) - (f) aforesaid.

    The Contractor shall be responsible to provide all superintendence, labour,
materials and all other things whether of temporary or permanent nature required
in and for such design, execution, completion and remedying of any defects in
the Employer’s Supplies, the cost of which is to be borne by the Employer.
Installation of the Employer’s Supplies at the Site shall be the responsibility
of the Contractor in accordance with the terms of the Contract. Clearance of
Site   4.21   During the execution of the Works, the Contractor shall keep the
Site free from all unnecessary obstruction, and shall store or dispose of any
Contractor’s Equipment or surplus materials. The Contractor shall clear away and
remove from the Site any wreckage, rubbish or Temporary Works no longer
required.     Upon the issue of any Taking-Over Certificate, the Contractor
shall clear away and remove, from that part of the Site and Works to which such
Taking-Over Certificate refers, all Contractor’s Equipment, surplus material,
wreckage, rubbish and Temporary Works. The Contractor shall leave such part of
the Site and the Works in a clean and safe condition to the satisfaction of the
Employer’s Representative. Except that, the Contractor shall be entitled to
retain on Site, until the expiry of the Contract Period, such Contractor’s
Equipment, Materials and Temporary Works as required by him for the purpose of
fulfilling his obligations under the Contract.     If the Contractor fails to
remove, by 15 days after the issue of the Performance Certificate, any remaining
Contractor’s Equipment, surplus material, wreckage, rubbish and Temporary Works,
the Employer may sell or otherwise dispose of such items. The Employer shall be
entitled to retain, from the proceeds of such sale, a sum sufficient to meet the
costs incurred in connection with the sale or disposal, and in restoring the
Site. Any balance of the proceeds shall be paid to the Contractor. If the
proceeds of the sale are insufficient to meet the Employer’s costs, the
outstanding balance shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer.
Security of the Site   4.22   The Contractor shall be responsible for keeping
unauthorised persons off the Site, and authorised persons shall be limited to
the employees of the Contractor,

 

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    employees of his Subcontractors and persons authorised by the Employer or
the Employer’s Representative.

Contractor’s

Operations on Site

  4.23   The Contractor shall confine his operations to the Site, and to any
additional areas which may be provided by the Contractor and agreed by the
Employer’s Representative as working areas. The Contractor shall take all
necessary precautions to keep his personnel and equipment within the Site and
such additional areas, and to keep and prohibit them from encroaching on
adjacent land. Fossils   4.24   All fossils, coins, articles of value or
antiquity, and structures and other remains or things of geological or
archaeological interest discovered on the Site shall (as between the parties) be
the property of the Employer. The Contractor shall take reasonable precautions
to prevent his staff, labour or other persons from removing or damaging any such
article or thing. The Contractor shall, immediately upon discovery of such
article or thing, advise the Employer’s Representative, who may issue
instructions for dealing with it.     If the Contractor suffers delay and/or
incurs Cost in following these instructions of the Employer’s Representative,
and if such delay and/or Cost was not (by the Base Date) foreseeable by an
experienced contractor, the Contractor shall give notice to the Employer’s
Representative, with a copy to the Employer. After receipt of such notice, the
Employer’s Representative shall proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 to
agree or determine:    

(a)     any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under
Sub-Clause 8.3, and

   

(b)     the amount of such Cost, which shall be added to the Contract Price, and
shall notify the Contractor accordingly.

Commissioning and Start Up Spare Parts and Services   4.25   The Contractor
shall be responsible for the commissioning of the building and all systems to
demonstrate that they meet the requirements of the Contract under load
conditions. The Contractor shall procure and secure from Subcontractors fixed
pricing for spare parts (including consumables) and services for any further
commissioning required by the Employer after handover and confirmation that the
system is fully operational, and for twelve (12) months post start up. The cost
of such spare parts and services are not included in the Contract Price and
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    payable directly from the Employer to the respective spare part and service
supplies. Prior to agreeing on fixed prices for the aforementioned spare parts
and services, the Contractor shall advise and consult with the Employer’s
Representative in connection with the same. Customs Clearance   4.26  

Subject to Sub-Clause 4.20 the Contractor shall be responsible for all necessary
customs clearance of all the Plant, Materials, Contractor’s Equipment and the
Employer’s Supplies. The Employer shall assist the Contractor in issuing
supporting letters necessary for customs clearance.

 

All handling charges and other costs shall be for the account of the Contractor.

 

The Contractor shall be responsible for transporting all goods and materials to
the Country and to the Site.

 

The Contractor’s Equipment shall be carefully documented and specially listed to
facilitate both import and export and shall be separate from the Plant and
Materials to be incorporated into the Works. The Contractor shall determine
prior to shipment the customs regulations applicable. It shall also be aware of
any regulations governing the use of the Plant, Materials, Contractor’s
Equipment and Employer’s Supplies during the construction period and of the
restrictions (if any) relating to import and export.

5. Design General Documents   5.1  

The Contractor shall be deemed to have scrutinized, prior to the Base Date, the
Employer’s requirements (including design criteria and calculations, if any).
The Contractor shall be responsible for the design of the Works and for the
accuracy of such Employer’s Requirements (including design criteria and
calculations), except as stated below.

 

The Employer shall not be responsible for any error, inaccuracy or omission of
any kind in the Employer’s Requirements as originally included in the Contract
and shall not be deemed to have given any representation of accuracy or
completeness of any data or information, except as stated below. Any data or
information received by the Contractor, from the Employer or otherwise, shall
not relieve the Contractor form his responsibility for the design and execution
of the Works.

 

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    However, the Employer shall be responsible for the correctness of the
following portions of the Employer’s Requirements and of the following data and
information provided by (or any behalf of) the Employer:    

(a)     portions, data and information which are stated in the Contract as being
immutable or the responsibility of the Employer,

   

(b)     definitions of intended purposes of the Works or any parts thereof,

   

(c)     criteria for the testing and performance of the completed Works, and

   

(d)     portions, data and information which cannot be verified by the
Contractor, except as otherwise stated in the Contract.

Contractor’s

Documents

  5.2   The Contractor’s Documents shall comprise the technical documents
specified in the Employer’s Requirements, documents required to satisfy all
regulatory approvals, and the documents described in Sub-Clause as-Built
Documents and Sub-Clause Operation and Maintenance Manuals. Unless otherwise
stated in the Employer’s Requirements, the Contractor’s Documents shall be
written in the language for communications defined in Sub-Clause 1.4 [Law and
Language].     The Contractor shall prepare all Contractor’s Documents, and
shall also prepare any other documents necessary to instruct the Contractor’s
Personnel.     If the Employer’s Requirements describe the Contractor’s
Documents which are to be submitted to the Employer for review, they shall be
submitted accordingly, together with a notice as described below. In the
following provisions of this Sub-Clause, (i) “review period” means the period
required by the Employer for review, and (ii) “Contractor’s Documents” exclude
any documents which are not specified as being required to be submitted for
review.     Unless otherwise stated in the Employer’s Requirements, each review
period shall not exceed 21 days, calculated from the date on which the Employer
receives a Contractor’s Document and the Contractor’s notice. This notice shall
state that the Contractor’s Document is considered ready, both for review in
accordance with this Sub-Clause and for use. The notice shall also state that
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    Contract, or the extent to which it does not comply.     The Employer may,
within the review period, give notice to the Contractor that a Contractor’s
Document fails (to the extent stated) to comply with the Contract. If a
Contractor’s Document so fails to comply, it shall be rectified, resubmitted and
reviewed in accordance with this Sub-Clause, at the Contractor’s cost.     For
each part of the Works, and except to the extent that the Parties otherwise
agree:    

(a)     execution of such part of the Works shall not commence prior to the
expiry of the review periods for all the Contractor’s Documents which are
relevant to its design and execution;

   

(b)     execution of such part of the Works shall be in accordance with these
Contractor’s Documents, as submitted for review; and

   

(c)     if the Contractor wishes to modify any design or document which has
previously been submitted for review, the Contractor shall immediately give
notice to the Employer. Thereafter, the Contractor shall submit revised
documents to the Employer in accordance with the above procedure.

    Any such agreement (under the preceding paragraph) or any review (under this
Sub-Clause or otherwise) shall not relieve the Contractor from any obligation or
responsibility.

Contractor’s

Undertaking

  5.3   The Contractor undertakes that the design, the Contractor’s Documents,
the execution and the completed Works will be in accordance with:    

(a)     the Laws in the Country, and

   

(b)     the documents forming the Contract, as altered or modified by
Variations.

As-Built Drawings   5.4   The Contractor shall prepare, and keep up-to-date, a
complete set of “as-built” records of the execution of the Works, showing the
exact “as-built” locations, sizes and details of the work as executed, with
cross references to relevant specifications and data sheets. These records shall
be kept on the Site and shall be used exclusively for the purposes of this
Sub-Clause. Two copies shall be submitted to the Employer’s Representative prior
to the commencement of the Tests on Completion.

 

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In addition, the Contractor shall prepare and submit to the Employer’s
Representative “as-built” drawings of the Works, showing all Works as executed.
The drawings shall be prepared as the Works proceed, and shall be submitted to
the Employer’s Representative for his inspection. The Contractor shall obtain
the consent of the Employer’s Representative as to their size, the referencing
system, and other pertinent details.

 

Prior to the issue of any Taking-Over Certificate, the Contractor shall submit
to the Employer’s Representative one electronic copy (eg Autocad), one full-size
original copy, one electronic copy and three (3) printed copies of the relevant
“as-built” drawings and any further Construction Documents specified in the
Employer’s Requirements. The Works shall not be considered to be completed for
the purposes of taking-over under Sub-Clause 10.1 until such documents have been
submitted to the Employer’s Representative.

Operation and

Maintenance

Manuals

  5.5   Prior to commencement of the Tests on Completion, the Contractor shall
prepare, and submit to the Employer’s Representative, operation and maintenance
manuals in accordance with the Employer’s Requirements and in sufficient detail
for the Employer to operate, maintain, dismantle, reassemble, adjust and repair
the Works. The Works shall not be considered to be completed for the purposes of
taking-over under Sub-Clause 10.1 until such operation and maintenance manuals
have been submitted to the Employer’s Representative. Error by Contractor   5.6
  If errors are found in the Construction Documents, they and the Works shall be
corrected at the Contractor’s cost. Patent Rights   5.7   The Contractor shall
indemnify the Employer against all claims of infringement of any patent,
registered design, copyright, trade mark or trade name, or other intellectual
property right, if:    

(a)     the claim or proceedings arise out of the construction, manufacture or
use of the Works;

   

(b)     the infringement (or allegation of infringement) was not the result of
part (or all) of the Works being used for a purpose other than that indicated
by, or reasonably to be inferred from, the Contract;

 

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(c)     the infringement (or allegation of infringement) was not the result of
part (or all) of the Works being used in association or combination with any
thing not supplied by the Contractor, unless such association or combination was
disclosed to the Contractor prior to the Base Date or is stated in the Contract;
and

   

(d)     the infringement (or allegation of infringement) was not the unavoidable
result of the Contractor’s compliance with the Employer’s Requirements.

    The Contractor shall be promptly notified of any claim under this Sub-Clause
made against the Employer. The Contractor may, at his cost, conduct negotiations
for the settlement of such claim, and any litigation or arbitration that may
arise from it. The Employer or the Employer’s Representative shall not make any
admission which might be prejudicial to the Contractor, unless the Contractor
has failed to take over the conduct of the negotiations, litigation or
arbitration within a reasonable time after having been so requested.     Except
to the extent that the Employer agrees otherwise, the Contractor shall not make
any admission which might be prejudicial to the Employer, until the Contractor
has given the Employer such reasonable security as the Employer may require. The
security shall be for an amount which is an assessment of the compensation,
damages, charges and costs for which the Employer may become liable, and to
which the indemnity under this Sub-Clause applies.     The Employer shall, at
the request and cost of the Contractor, assist him in contesting any such claim
or action, and shall be repaid all reasonable costs incurred. 6. Staff and
Labour Engagement of Staff and Labour   6.1   The Contractor shall make his own
arrangements for the engagement of all staff and labour, local or otherwise, and
for their payment, housing, feeding and transport. The Contractor shall
designate the Key Personnel to execute, complete and test the Works during the
Contract Period. The designation of the Key Personnel shall be subject to the
approval of the Employer. The Contractor shall commit the designated Key
Personnel to working full time on the Works. The Contractor shall not change the
designated Key Personnel without the prior consent of the Employer. Rates of
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and Conditions of Labour     conditions of labour, not of less favourable than
those established for the trade or industry where the work labour is carried
out. If no such established rates or conditions are applicable, the Contractor
shall pay rates of wages and observe conditions not less favourable than the
general level of wages and conditions observed by employers whose trade or
industry is similar to that of the Contractor. Persons in the Service of
Employer   6.3   During the Contract Period, the Contractor shall not recruit,
or attempt to recruit, staff and labour from amongst the Employer’s Personnel.
During the Contract Period, the Employer shall not recruit, or attempt to
recruit, staff and labour from amongst the Contractor’s Personnel. Labour Laws  
6.4   The Contractor shall comply with all the relevant labour laws applying to
his employees, and shall duly pay and afford to them all their legal rights. The
Contractor shall require all such employees to obey all applicable laws and
regulations concerning safety at work. Working Hours   6.5   Work shall be
carried out as needed by the Contractor to meet the timing requirements of the
Contract, subject to compliance with any local and national laws that would
limit this. The Contractor is responsible for ascertaining if there are any such
laws, and for complying with them. The Contract Sum covers all hours worked by
the Contractor.

Facilities for Staff

and Labour

  6.6   The Contractor shall provide and maintain all necessary accommodation
and welfare facilities for his (and his Sub contractor’s) staff and labour. The
Contractor shall also provide the facilities specified in the Employer’s
Requirements, for the Employer’s and Employer’s Representative’s personnel. The
Contractor shall not permit any of his employees to maintain any temporary or
permanent living quarters within the structures forming part of the Works.
Health and Safety   6.7   Precautions shall be taken by the Contractor to ensure
the health and safety of his staff and labour. The Contractor shall, in
collaboration with and to the requirements of the local health authorities,
ensure that medical staff, first aid facilities, sick bay and ambulance service
are available at the accommodation and on the Site at all times, and that
suitable arrangements are made for all necessary welfare and hygiene
requirements and for the prevention of epidemics. The Contractor shall maintain
records and make reports concerning health, safety and welfare of persons,

 

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    and damage to property, as required by the Employer’s Requirements.

Contractors’

Superintendence

  6.8   The Contractor shall provide all necessary superintendence during the
execution of the Works, and as long thereafter as the Employer’s Representative
may consider necessary for the proper fulfilling of the Contractor’s obligations
under the Contract. Such superintendence shall be given by sufficient persons
having adequate knowledge of the operations to be carried out (including the
methods and techniques required, the hazards likely to be encountered and
methods of preventing accidents) for the satisfactory and safe execution of the
Works.

Contractor’s

Personnel

  6.9  

The Contractor shall employ (or cause to be employed) only persons who are
careful and appropriately qualified, skilled and experienced in their respective
trades or occupations. The Employer’s Representative may require the Contractor
to remove (or cause to be removed) any person employed on the Site or Works,
including the Contractor’s Representative, who in the opinion of the Employer’s
Representative:

 

(a)     persists in any misconduct,

 

(b)     is incompetent or negligent in the performance of his duties,

 

(c)     fails to conform with any provisions of the Contract, or

 

(d)     persists in any conduct which is prejudicial to safety, health, or the
protection of the environment.

 

If appropriate, the Contractor shall then appoint (or cause to be appointed) a
suitable replacement person.

Disorderly Conduct   6.10   The Contractor shall at all times take all
reasonable precautions to prevent any unlawful, riotous or disorderly conduct by
or amongst his staff and labour, and to preserve peace and protection of persons
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7. Plant, Materials and Workmanship

Manner of

Execution

  7.1   All Plant and Materials to be supplied shall be manufactured, and all
work to be done shall be executed, in the manner set out in the Contract. Where
the manner of manufacture and execution is not set out in the Contract, the work
shall be executed in accordance with Employer’s Requirement, the Contract,
applicable laws, rules and regulations and in a proper, workmanlike and careful
manner, with properly equipped facilities and non-hazardous Materials, and in
accordance with recognized good practice. All material in the original quotation
with specific manufacturer and specifications and equipment should be confirmed
by the Employer before being purchased by the Contractor. Delivery to and
Storage at Site   7.2   The Contractor shall be responsible for procurement,
transport, receiving, unloading and safekeeping of all Plant, Materials,
Contractor’s Equipment and other things required for the completion of the
Works. The Employer’s Representative may designate that Employer’s Supplies be
kept in temporary warehousing, pending its installation, and the Contractor
shall arrange for such warehousing at the expense of the Employer. Inspection  
7.3  

The Employer and the Employer’s Representative or such independent inspector as
shall be appointed by the Employer or the Employer’s Representative shall be
entitled, during manufacture, fabrication and preparation at any places where
work is being carried out, to inspect, examine and test the materials and
workmanship, and to check the progress of manufacture, of all Plant and
Materials to be supplied under the Contract. The Contractor shall give them full
opportunity to inspect, examine, measure and test any work on Site or wherever
carried out.

 

The Contractor shall give due notice to the Employer’s Representative whenever
such work is ready, before packaging, covering up or putting out of view. The
Employer’s Representative shall then either carry out the inspection,
examination, measurement or testing without unreasonable delay, or notify the
Contractor that it is considered unnecessary. If the Contractor fails to give
such notice, he shall, when required by the Employer’s Representative, uncover
such work and thereafter reinstate and make good at his own cost. No inspection,
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    any obligation under the Contract. Testing   7.4  

If the Contract provides for tests, other than the Tests after Completion, the
Contractor shall provide all documents and other information necessary for
testing and such assistance, labour, materials, electricity, fuel, stores,
apparatus and instruments as are necessary to carry out such tests efficiently.

 

The Contractor shall agree, with the Employer’s Representative, the time and
place for the testing of any Plant and other parts of the Works as specified in
the Contract. The Employer’s Representative shall give the Contractor not less
than 24 hours’ notice of his intention to attend the tests. The Contractor shall
provide sufficient suitably qualified and experienced staff to carry out the
tests specified in the Contract.

 

If the Employer’s Representative does not attend at the time and place agreed,
or if the Contractor and the Employer’s Representative shall not attend, the
Contractor may proceed with the tests, unless the Employer’s Representative
instructs the Contractor otherwise. Such tests shall be deemed to have been made
in the Employer’s Representative’s presence.

Rejection   7.5  

If, as a result of inspection, examination or testing, the Employer’s
Representative decides that any Plant, Materials, or workmanship is defective or
otherwise not in accordance with the Contract, the Employer’s Representative may
reject such Plant, Materials, or workmanship and shall notify the Contractor
promptly, stating his reasons. The Contractor shall then promptly make good the
defect and ensure that the rejected item complies with the Contract.

 

If the Employer’s Representative requires such Plant, Materials, or workmanship
to be retested, the tests shall be repeated under the same terms and conditions.
If such rejection and retesting cause the Employer to incur additional costs,
such costs shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, and may be
deducted by the Employer from any monies due, or to become due, to the
Contractor.

 

If Contractor does not accept the Employer’s inspection results, the Contractor
can ask a third party to provide inspection, such third party to be agreed upon
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    sides, and the inspection expenses should be paid by Contractor. Ownership
of Plant and Materials   7.6  

Each item of Plant and Materials shall become the property of the Employer at
whichever is the earlier of the following times:

 

(a)     when it is delivered to Site;

 

(b)     when by virtue of Sub-Clause 8.9, the Contractor becomes entitled to
payment of the value of the Plant and Material.

 

In the case of the Employer’s Supplies provided in accordance with Sub-Clause
4.20, property therein shall pass to the Employer in accordance with their
respective purchase orders.

8. Commencement, Delays and Suspension

Commencement of

Works

  8.1   The Contractor shall commence the execution of the Works as soon as is
reasonably possible after the receipt of the Phase work instruction for each
phase of the Works from the Employer’s Representative. The Phase work
instructions for each phase of the Works shall be issued according to the
milestone payment program after the Effective Date provided the Employer has
received the parent company guarantee and performance bond in accordance with
Sub-Clauses 1.14 and 4.2 respectively; provided, however, that the Employer may
determine not to issue any Phase work instruction or release a phase under the
Project Purchase Order in its sole discretion, without any liability to
Contractor or any other party. Upon receipt of the Phase work instruction
instructing the Contractor to do so, the Contractor shall proceed with the Works
for such phase with due expedition and without delay, until completion.

Time for

Completion

  8.2   The whole of the Works, and each Section (if any), shall be completed
and shall have passed the Tests on Completion within the Time for Construction
Completed for the Works or such Section (as the case may be).

Extension of Time

for Completion

  8.3   The Contractor may apply for an extension of the Time for Completion if
he is or will be delayed either before or after the Time for Completion by any
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(a)     a Variation (unless an adjustment to the Time for Completion is agreed
under Sub-Clause 14.3),

   

(b)     a force majeure event (as defined in Sub-Clause 19.1),

   

(c)     a cause of delay giving an entitlement to extension of time under a
Sub-Clause of these Conditions, unless the Contractor has not complied with such
Sub-Clause,

   

(d)     sub-surface conditions on the Site, which are exceptionally adverse and
were not (by the Base Date) foreseeable by an internationally experienced
contractor,

   

(e)     any delay, impediment or prevention by the Employer, which is a breach
of Employer’s obligations under this Agreement,

   

(f)      The Phase work instruction for one or more phases is not issued
according to progress program (or is issued with a delay or stop Works
instruction) and/or the down payment is not received, or

   

(g)     Government stop and delay the Works.

    If the Contractor intends to apply for an extension of the Time for
Completion, the Contractor shall give notice to the Employer’s Representative of
such intention as soon as possible and in any event within 28 days of the start
of the event giving rise to the delay, together with any other notice required
by the Contract and relevant to such cause. The Contractor shall keep such
contemporary records as may be necessary to substantiate any application, either
on the Site or at another location acceptable to the Employer’s Representative,
and such other records as may reasonably be requested by the Employer’s
Representative. The Contractor shall permit the Employer’s Representative to
inspect all such records, and shall provide the Employer’s Representative with
copies as required.     Within 28 days of the first day of such delay (or such
other period as may be agreed by the Employer’s Representative), the Contractor
shall submit full supporting details of his application. Except that, if the
Contractor cannot submit all relevant details within such period because the
cause of delay continued for a period exceeding 7 days, the Contractor shall
submit interim details at intervals of not more than 28 days (from the first day
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    full and final supporting details of his application within 21 days of the
last day of delay.     The Employer’s Representative shall proceed in accordance
with Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine either prospectively or
retrospectively such extension of the Time for Completion as may be due. The
Employer’s Representative shall notify the Contractor accordingly. When
determining each extension of time, the Employer’s Representative shall review
his previous determinations and may revise, but shall not decrease, the total
extension of time.

Delays Caused by

Authorities

  8.4  

If the following conditions apply, namely:

 

(a)     the Contractor has diligently followed the procedures laid down by the
relevant legally constituted public authorities in the Country,

 

(b)     such authorities delay, impede or prevent the Contractor, and

 

(c)     the resulting delay to the Works was not (by the Base Date) foreseeable
by an experienced contractor, then such delay will be considered as a cause of
delay giving an entitlement to extension of time under Sub-Clause 8.3.

Rate of Progress   8.5   If, at any time, the Contractor’s actual progress falls
behind the programme referred to in Sub-Clause 4.14, or it becomes apparent that
it will so fall behind, the Contractor shall submit to the Employer’s
Representative a revised programme taking into account the prevailing
circumstances. The Contractor shall, at the same time, notify the Employer’s
Representative of the steps being taken to expedite progress, so as to achieve
completion within the Time for Completion.     If any steps taken by the
Contractor in meeting his obligations under this Sub-Clause cause the Employer
to incur additional costs, such costs shall be recoverable from the Contractor
by the Employer, and may be deducted by the Employer from any monies due, or to
become due, to the Contractor. Liquidated Damages   8.6   If the Contractor
fails to comply with Sub-Clause 8.2, the Contractor shall pay to the Employer
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for Delay    

on the following basis:

 

(a)     For the first two weeks of delay no liquidated damage imposed, subject
to the Contractor informing the Employer’s Representative in writing not less
than two weeks before the due Completion Date that he will be unable to complete
on time

 

(b)     For the subsequent two weeks, three one-hundredths of one per cent
(0.03%/day) of the Contract Price as liquidated damages for such default (which
sum shall be the only monies due from the Contractor for such default) for every
day or part of a day which shall elapse between the relevant Time for Completion
and the date stated in the Taking-Over Certificate for the whole of the Works,
and

 

(c)     On the delay from fourth weeks, five on-hundredths of one per cent
(0.05%/day) of the Contract Price as above (i.e., for each day or part of day);
except that the total payment of liquidated damages shall not exceed five per
cent (5%) of the Contract Price.

    The Employer may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, deduct
the amount of such damages from any monies due, or to become due, to the
Contractor. In the event of an extension of time being granted under Sub-Clause
8.3, the amount due under this Sub-Clause shall be recalculated accordingly, and
any over-payment refunded. The payment or deduction of such damages shall not
relieve the Contractor from his obligation to complete the Works, or from any
other of his duties, obligations or responsibilities under the Contract.     At
any time after the Employer has become entitled to liquidated damages, the
Employer’s Representative may give notice to the Contractor under Sub-Clause
15.1, requiring the Contractor to complete within a specified reasonable time
for completion. Such action shall not prejudice the Employer’s entitlements to
payment under this Sub-Clause and to terminate under Sub-Clause 15.2. Suspension
of Work   8.7   The Employer’s Representative may at any time instruct the
Contractor to suspend progress of part or all of the Works. During suspension,
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    secure such part or the Works against any deterioration, loss or damage. For
detail see Sub-Clause 8.8 and 8.9.

Consequences of

Suspension

  8.8   If the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs Cost in following the
Employer’s Representative’s instructions under Sub-Clause 8.7, and in resumption
of the work, and if such delay and/or Cost was not (by the Base Date)
foreseeable by an experienced contractor, the Contractor shall give notice to
the Employer’s Representative, with a copy to the Employer. After receipt of
such notice the Employer’s Representative shall proceed in accordance with
Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine:    

(a)     any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under
Sub-Clause 8.3, and

   

(b)     the amount of such Cost, which shall be added to the Contract Price,

   

and shall notify the Contractor accordingly. Except that the Contractor shall
not be entitled to such extension and payment of Cost if the suspension is due
to a cause attributable to the Contractor, is necessitated by a Contractor’s
risk as defined in Sub-Clause 17.5, or is for a phase that had not yet been
released to begin by Employer by a Phase work instruction.

 

The Contractor shall not be entitled to extension of time for, or payment of the
costs incurred in, making good any deterioration, defect or loss caused by
faulty workmanship or materials, or by the Contractor’s failure to take the
measures specified in Sub-Clause 8.7.

Payment for Plant

and Materials in

Event of Suspension

  8.9   The Contractor shall be entitled to payment for Plant and/or Materials
which have not been delivered to Site, if the work on Plant or delivery of Plant
and/or Materials has been suspended for more than 28 days. This entitlement
shall be to payment of the value of such Plant and/or Materials as at the date
of suspension, if:    

(a)     the Contractor has marked the Plant and/or Materials as the Employer’s
property in accordance with the Employer’s Representative’s instructions, and

 

(b)     the suspension is not due to a cause attributable to the Contractor; and

 

(c)     was for a phase which had been released to begin pursuant to Employer’s
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Prolonged Suspension   8.10   If suspension under Sub-Clause 8.7 has continued
for more than one hundred (100) days, and the suspension is not due to a cause
attributable to the Contractor and was for a phase which had been released to
begin pursuant to Employer’s Phase work instructions, the Contractor may by
notice to the Employer’s Representative require permission to proceed within 28
days. If permission is not granted within that time, the Contractor may treat
the suspension as an omission under Clause 14 of the affected part of the Works.
If such suspension affects the whole of the Works, the Contractor may terminate
his employment, under Sub-Clause 16.2. Resumption of Work   8.11   After receipt
of permission or of an instruction to proceed, the Contractor shall, after
notice to the Employer’s Representative, and together with the Employer’s
Representative, examine the Works and the Plant and Materials affected by the
suspension. The Contractor shall make good any deterioration or defect in or
loss of the Works or Plant or Materials, which has occurred during the
suspension. 9. Tests on Completion

Contractor’s

Obligations

  9.1   The Contractor shall carry out the Tests on Completion in accordance
with this Clause and Sub-Clause 7.4, after providing the documents in accordance
with Sub-Clauses 5.6 and 5.7. The Contractor shall give, to the Employer’s
Representative, 21 days’ notice of the date after which the Contractor will be
ready to carry out the Tests on Completion. Unless otherwise agreed, such Tests
shall be carried out within 14 days after this date, on such day or days as the
Employer’s Representative shall instruct.     In considering the results of the
Tests on Completion, the Employer’s Representative shall make allowances for the
effect of any use of the Works by the Employer on the performance or other
characteristics of the Works. As soon as the Works, or a Section, have passed
the Tests on Completion, the Contractor shall provide the Employer’s
Representative and the Employer with a certified report of the results of all
such Tests. Delayed Tests   9.2   If the Tests on Completion are being unduly
delayed by the Contractor, the Employer’s Representative may by notice require
the Contractor to carry out such Tests within 21 days after the receipt of such
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    carry out such Tests on such day or days within that period as the
Contractor may fix and of which he shall give notice to the Employer’s
Representative.     If the Contractor fails to carry out the Tests on Completion
within 21 days, the Employer’s Representative may himself proceed with such
Tests. All such Tests so carried out by the Employer’s Representative shall be
at the risk and cost of the Contractor. These Tests on Completion shall then be
deemed to have been carried out in the presence of the Contractor and the
results of such Tests shall be accepted as accurate. Retesting   9.3   If the
Works, or a Section, fail to pass the Tests on Completion, Sub-Clause 7.5 shall
apply, and the Employer’s Representative or the Contractor may require such
failed Tests, and the Tests on Completion on any related work, to be repeated
under the same terms and conditions. Failure to Pass Tests on Completion   9.4  
If the Works, or a Section, fail to pass the Tests on Completion repeated
Sub-Clause 9.3, the Employer’s Representative shall be entitled to:    

(a)     order further repetition of Tests on Completion under Sub-Clause 9.3;

 

(b)     reject the Works or Section (as the case may be), in which event the
Employer shall have the same remedies against the Contractor as are provided
under Clause 15; or

 

(c)     issue a Taking-Over Certificate, the Contractor shall proceed in
accordance with all other obligations under the Contract, and the Contract Price
shall be reduced by such amount as shall be appropriate to cover the reduced
value to the Employer as a result of this failure. Unless the relevant reduction
for this failure is stated (or its method of calculation is defined) in the
Contract, the Employer may require the reduction to be (i) agreed by both
Parties (in full satisfaction of this failure only) and paid before this
Taking-Over Certificate is issued, or (ii) determined and paid under Sub-Clause
2.6 and Sub-Clause 3.5

10. Employer’s Taking Over

Taking-Over

Certificate

  10.1   Except as stated in Sub-Clause 9.4, the Works shall be taken over by
the Employer when they have been completed in accordance with the Contract
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    described in sub-paragraph (a) below), have passed the Tests on Completion
and the Taking-Over Certificate for the whole of the Works has been issued, or
has deemed to have been issued in accordance with this Sub-Clause. If the Works
are divided into Sections, the Contractor shall be entitled to apply for a
Taking-Over Certificate for each Section.     The Contractor may apply by notice
to the Employer’s Representative for a Taking-Over Certificate not earlier than
14 days before the Works or Section (as the case may be) will, in the
Contractor’s opinion, be complete and ready for taking over. The Employer’s
Representative shall, within 14 to 28 days after the receipt of the Contractor’s
application:    

(a)     issue the Taking-Over Certificate to the Contractor, stating the date on
which the Works or Section were completed in accordance with the Contract
(except for minor outstanding work that does not affect the use of the Works or
Section for their intended purpose) including passing the Tests on Completion;
or

   

(b)     reject the application, giving his reasons and specifying the work
required to be done by the Contractor to enable the Taking-Over Certificate to
be issued: the Contractor shall then complete such work before issuing a further
notice under this Sub-Clause.

Use by The Employer   10.2  

The Employer shall not use any part of the Works unless the Employer’s
Representative has issued a Taking-Over Certificate for such part. If a
Taking-Over Certificate has been issued for any part of the Works (other than a
Section), the liquidated damages for delay in completion of the remainder of the
Works (and of the Section of which it forms part) shall, for any period of delay
after the date stated in such Taking-Over Certificate, be reduced in the
proportion which the value of the part so certified bears to the value of the
Works or Section (as the case may be); such values shall be determined by the
Employer’s Representative in accordance with the provisions of Sub-Clause 3.5
The provisions of this paragraph shall only apply to the rate of liquidated
damages under Sub-Clause 8.6, and shall not affect the limit of such damages.

 

After the Employer’s Representative has issued a Taking-Over Certificate for a
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    shall be given the earliest opportunity to take such steps as may be
necessary to carry out outstanding Tests on Completion, and the Contractor shall
carry out such Tests on Completion as soon as practicable, before the expiry of
the Contract Period.

Interference with

Tests on Completion

  10.3   If the Contractor is prevented from carrying out the Tests on
Completion by a cause for which the Employer (or another contractor employed by
the Employer) is responsible, the Contractor shall be entitled to an extension
of time under Sub-Clause 8.3 to complete the Tests on Completion. 11. Tests
after Completion

Employer’s

Obligations

  11.1   If Tests after Completion are specified in the Contract, this Clause
shall apply. The Employer shall provide the necessary labour, materials,
electricity, fuel and water, and shall carry out the Tests after Completion in
accordance with the manuals provided by the Contractor under Sub-Clause 5.7 and
such guidance as the Contractor may be required to give during the course of
such Tests.    

The Tests after Completion shall be carried out as soon as is reasonably
practicable after the Works, or Section, have been taken over by the Employer.
The Employer shall give to the Contractor 21 days’ notice of the date after
which the Tests after Completion will be carried out. Unless otherwise agreed,
such Tests shall be carried out within 14 days after this date, on the day or
days determined by the Employer. If the Contractor does not attend at the time
and place agreed, the Employer may proceed with the Tests after Completion,
which shall be deemed to have been made in the Contractor’s presence, and the
Contractor shall accept the readings as accurate.

 

The results of the Tests after Completion shall be compiled and evaluated by the
Employer and the Contractor. Any effect on the results of the Tests after
Completion which can reasonably be shown to be due to the prior use of the Works
by the Employer shall be taken into account in assessing such results.

Delayed Tests   11.2   If the Contractor incurs additional Cost as a result of
any unreasonable delay by the Employer in carrying out the Tests after
Completion, such Cost plus reasonable profit（refer to marketing average price
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    sides) shall be determined by the Employer’s Representative in accordance
with the provisions of Sub-Clause 3.5 and shall be added to the Contract Price.
    If, for reasons due to the fault of the Employer, a Test after Completion on
the Works or any Section cannot be completed during the Contract Period (or any
other period agreed upon by the Employer and the Contractor), then the Works or
such Section shall be deemed to have passed such Test after Completion.
Retesting   11.3   If the Works, or a Section, fail to pass the Tests after
Completion, the Employer or the Contractor may require such failed Tests, and
the Tests after Completion on any related work, to be repeated under the same
terms and conditions. If such failure and retesting result from a default of the
Contractor and cause the Employer to incur additional costs, such costs shall be
recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, and may be deducted by the
Employer from any monies due, or to become due, to the Contractor. Failure to
Pass Tests after Completion   11.4   If the Contractor fails to remedy any
defect or damage within a reasonable time, a date may be fixed by the Employer,
on or by which the defect or damage is to be remedied. The Contractor shall be
given reasonable notice of this date.     If the Contractor fails to remedy the
defect or damage by the notified date and this remedial work was to be executed
at the cost of the Contractor under Sub-Clause 12.2 [Cost of Remedying Defects],
the Employer may (at his option):    

(a)     carry out the work himself or by others, in a reasonable manner and at
the Contractor’s cost, but the Contractor shall have no responsibility for this
work; and the Contractor shall subject to Sub-Clause 2.6 pay to the Employer the
costs reasonably incurred by the Employer in remedying the defect or damage;

   

(b)     agree or determine a reasonable reduction in the Contract Price in
accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 or

   

(c)     if the defect or damage deprives the Employer of substantially the whole
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    major part of the Works, terminate the Contract as a whole, or in respect of
such major part which cannot be put to the intended use. Without prejudice to
any other rights, under the Contract or otherwise, the Employer shall then be
entitled to recover all sums paid for the Works or for such part (as the case
may be), plus financing costs and the cost of dismantling the same, clearing the
Site and returning Plant and Materials to the Contractor. 12. Defects Liability

Completion of

Outstanding Work

and Remedying

Defects

  12.1  

In order that the Construction Documents and the Works shall be in the condition
required by the Contract (fair wear and tear excepted) at, or as soon as
practicable after, the expiry of the Contract Period, the Contractor shall:

 

(a)     complete any work which is outstanding on the date stated in a Taking
Over Certificate, as soon as practicable after such date, and

   

(b)     execute all work of amendment, reconstruction, and remedying defects in
or damage to any part of the Works which may appear or occur before or during
the Contract Period, as may be instructed by the Employer or the Employer’s
Representative during the Contract Period or within fourteen (14) days after its
expiration.

 

If any such defect appears or damage occurs, the Employer or the Employer’s
Representative shall promptly notify the Contractor in writing. The Contractor
shall immediately commence corrective action to make good the defect or damage
and shall proceed to prosecute such corrective action with all due diligence.

Cost of Remedying

Defects

  12.2   All work referred to in Sub-Clause 12.1(b) shall be executed by the
Contractor at his own cost, unless the necessity for such work is due to a
defect cause by Employer.     If such necessity is due to a defect caused by
Employer, the Employer’s Representative shall notify the Contractor accordingly
and seek agreement to an adjustment to the Contract Price. In this event,
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Extension of

Contract Period

  12.3A  

The Contract Period shall be extended by a period equal to the sum of any
periods, after the Works are taken-over, during which the Works or any Section
or item of Plant cannot be used, for the purposes for which they are intended,
by reason of a defect or damage; except that the Contract Period shall not be
extended by more than one year.

 

In addition, where any such defect of damage is remedied in accordance with
Sub-Clause 12.1, the Contract Period, in respect of all replacements or
renewals, shall be extended by a period equal to the original Contract Period,
as if the replacements and renewals had been taken over on the date they were
completed except that the Contract Period shall not be extended by more than one
year.

  12.3B   The provision of this Clause 12 shall apply in all respects to any
Latent Defect/Damage and all references “defects” and “damage” shall be read as
“Latent Defect/Damage” and all references to “Contract Period” shall be read as
“Latent Defect/Damage Contract Period”. Failure to Remedy Defects   12.4   If
the Contractor fails to remedy any defect or damage within a reasonable time,
the Employer or the Employer’s Representative may fix a date on or by which to
remedy the defect or damage, and give the Contractor reasonable notice of such
date.    

If the Contractor fails to remedy the defect or damage by such date and the
necessity for such work is due to a cause stated in Sub-Clause 12.2(a), (b) or
(c), the Employer may (at his sole discretion):

 

(a)     carry out the work himself or by others, in a reasonable manner and at
the Contractor’s risk and cost, but the Contractor shall have no responsibility
for such work: the costs properly incurred by the Employer in remedying the
defect or damage shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer;

 

(b)     require the Employer’s Representative to determine and certify a
reasonable reduction in the Contract Price; or

 

(c)     if the defect or damage is such that the Employer has been deprived of
substantially the whole of the benefit of the Works or parts of the Works,
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cannot be put to the intended use: the Employer shall then be entitled to
recover all sums paid for such parts of the Works together with the cost of
dismantling the same, clearing the Site and returning Plant and Materials to the
Contractor, and Sub-Clause 15.1 shall not apply.

Removal of

Defective Work

  12.5   If the defect or damage is such that it cannot be remedied
expeditiously on the Site, the Contractor may, with the consent of the
Employer’s Representative or the Employer, remove from the Site for the purposes
of repair any part of the Works which is defective or damaged. Further Tests  
12.6   If the remedying of any defect or damage is such that it may affect the
performance of the Works, the Employer may require that Tests on Completion or
Tests after Completion, or both, be repeated to the extent necessary. The
requirement shall be made by notice within 28 days after the defect or damage is
remedied. Such Tests shall be carried out in accordance with Clause 9 or Clause
11 (as the case may be). Right of Access   12.7   Until the Performance
Certificate has been issued, the Contractor shall have the right of access to
all parts of the Works and to records of the working and performance of the
Works, except as may be inconsistent with any reasonable security and safety
restrictions by the organisation responsible for operating the Works. Such right
of access shall be during the Employer’s normal working hours and at the
Contractor’s risk and cost and shall be exercised in a manner so as to minimise
the impact on the operation and maintenance of the works and shall be exercised
having full regard to the Employer’s operational requirements and in
consultation with the Employer’s Representative.

Contractor to

Search

  12.8   The Contractor shall, if required by the Employer’s Representative,
search for the cause of any defect, under the direction of the Employer’s
Representative. Unless the defect is one for which the Contractor is liable, the
Cost of such search, plus reasonable profit, shall be added to the Contract
Price.

Performance

Certificate

  12.9   The Contract shall not be considered to be completed until the
Performance Certificate has been signed by the Employer’s Representative and
delivered to the Contractor, stating the date on which the Contractor

 

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    completed his obligations to the Employer’s Representative’s satisfaction.  
 

The Performance Certificate shall be given by the Employer’s Representative by
the date 28 days after the expiry of the Latent Defect/Damage Contract Period,
or as soon after such date as the Contractor has remedied any defects.

 

Only the Performance Certificate shall be deemed to constitute approval of the
Works.

Unfulfilled

Obligations

  12.10   After the Performance Certificate has been issued, the Contractor and
Employer shall remain liable for the fulfilment of any obligation which remains
unperformed at that time. For the purposes of determining the nature and extent
of any such obligation, the Contract shall be deemed to remain in force. 13
Contract Price and Payment The Contract Price   13.1     (a)   The whole project
shall be divided into 4 phases (detail shall refer to Annex 2.6 milestone
payment). The payment of each phase shall follow the Employer’s issuance of a
Phase work instruction for such phase. The initiation of each phase of Works and
/ or the request for the initial payment for a phase shall be confirmed by the
Employer or his Representative in writing on or before the start dateline of
each phase. The Employer shall arrange for the initial payment for a phase in
compliance with the payment arrangements in Annex 2.7 (Milestones) within 7
working days upon the approval of such request. The Contractor shall
initiate the related phase once the Employer issues the Employer’s Phase work
instruction authorizing the start of such phase.     Progress Payment : The
Contractor shall submit the progress report which has been confirmed in writing
by the Employer’s Representative/Project managers of the Work/Procurement
Manager /the Supervisor Company of the Work when the Contractor apply
for payment of each finished phase.     The Contractor is not allowed to start
site construction work (except equipments and materials purchase) before
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    The Employer shall issue work Instruction for Design& Management Package and
CSA Package before April 30 of 2010, and for Fitting Out Package not later than
July 25 of 2010, and for M&E Package not later than June 15 of 2010. If the work
instruction is released by the Employer in time, the change of essential
construction materials price (no matter how much it is) has nothing to do with
the Employer. In the event that the work instruction is not released by the
Employer in time, then the following articles will apply:     If the prices of
essential construction materials hike 10% above the price quoted in ’10 March 26
(as specified in Annex 2.7), the Contractor may, before a new Phase
is initiated, request price negotiations with the Employer or his Representative
about the increased price as well as the expected price adjustment of the next
phase. During such price negotiations, the Contractor shall provide evidence/
official documents to support its quotation. If such application is verified to
be true, the Employer may grant such adjustment on the basis of the price listed
in Annex 2.7. The Employer shall therefore revise the Purchase Order and issue
Phase work instruction with the new price when initiating a new phase. However,
the change of essential construction materials price (no matter how much it is)
shall not lead to any delay and/or suspension and/or termination of the Works.
Neither Work delay nor any further price adjustment shall be permitted during a
phase once the Employer’s Phase work instruction for such phase has been issued.
Details as follows:    

(i)      Main construction material including steel/ aluminium/copper;

   

(ii)     If prices increase within 10% of amounts listed on Annex 2.7,
Contractor will absorb all additional costs;

   

(iii)   If prices increase above 10% of the amounts listed on Annex 2.7 but
below 15%, Contractor will absorb 10% and the Employer shall absorb the balance
above 10% up to 15%;

   

(iv)    If price increase by more than 15%, both parties agree to re-negotiate
the prices.

  (b)   the Contract Price shall not be adjusted for changes in the cost of
labour, or other matters;   (c)   the Contractor shall pay all duties (including
import duties) and taxes, and surcharges in consequence of his obligations under
the Contract, and the Contract Price shall not be adjusted for such costs,

 

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  (d)   any quantities which may be set out in a schedule in the Employer’s
Requirements are only estimated quantities and are not to be taken as the actual
and correct quantities of the Works to be executed by the Contractor in
fulfilment of his obligations under the Contract (the Works shall follow the
shop drawing which has been approved by Employer), and   (e)   any quantities,
prices or rates of payment per unit quantity which may be set out in a schedule
in the Employer’s Requirements or herein are only to be used for the purposes of
Variations.   (f)    If this clause has some conflicts with local code and
regulation, follow this contract clause on price. Advance Payments   13.2   The
Employer will make an interest-free advance payment to the Contractor for his
mobilization and design. The total of such advance payment shall be set out in
the Payment Milestones in Annex 2.6 and shall be made upon issue of the notice
to commence referred to in Sub-Clause 8.1 or within seven (7) days after the
Contractor has delivered, to the Employer, the parent company guarantee in
accordance with Sub-Clause 1.14, the performance bond in accordance with
Sub-Clause 4.2 and an advance payment bond in the form stated in Appendix 2.2
attached hereto in amounts and currencies equal to the advance payment,
whichever is the later. Such advance payment bond shall be progressively reduced
in accordance with the Payment Milestones in Schedule 2.6 in terms of the amount
paid to the Contractor under each subsequent Interim Payment Certificates.
Deductions shall commence in the Payment Certificate in which the total of all
certified interim payments (excluding the advance payment and deductions and
payment of retention) exceeds ten percent (10%) of the Accepted Contract Amount
less Provisional Sums, and deduction shall be made at the amortisation rate of
one quarter of the amount of each Payment Certificate (excluding the advance
payment and deductions and repayment of retention) until such time as the
advance payment has been repaid.

Application for

Interim Payment

Certificates

  13.3   The Contractor shall submit a statement in three (3) copies to the
Employer’s Representative after the end of each month, in a form approved by the
Employer’s Representative, showing the amounts to which the Contractor considers
himself to be entitled, based on the Payment Milestones. The statement shall
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    following items, as applicable, which shall be expressed in the various
currencies in which the Contract Price is payable, in the sequence listed:    

(a)     any other additions or deductions which may have become due in
accordance with the Contract (including those under Clause 20), other than under
Sub-Clause 8.6; and

 

(b)     the deduction of the amounts certified in all previous Interim Payment
Certificates.

Issue of Interim

Payment Certificates

  13.4  

No amount will be certified or paid until the Employer has received, and
approved, the parent company guarantee(s) in accordance with Sub-Clause 1.14 and
the performance bond in accordance with Sub-Clause 4.2. Thereafter, the
Employer’s Representative shall, within seven (7) days of receiving a statement
and supporting documents, deliver to the Employer with a copy to the Contractor
an Interim Payment Certificate showing the amount which the Employer’s
Representative considers to be due to the Contractor; if no payment is
considered to be due, the Employer’s Representative shall promptly notify the
Contractor accordingly.

 

An Interim Payment Certificate shall not be withheld on account of:

 

(a) defects: if anything supplied or work done by the Contractor is not in
accordance with the Contract, the cost of rectification or replacement shall be
deducted by the Employer’s Representative from any amount otherwise due. If the
Employer’s Representative considers the damage is serious, he can decide to
refuse the payment to the Contractor until the damage has fixed.

 

(b) part (only) of the payment applied for being disputed: in such case, a
payment certificate shall be issued for the undisputed amount.

    The Employer’s Representative may in any payment certificate make any
correction or modification that should properly be made to any previous
certificate. Payment   13.5   The Employer shall pay the amount certified in
each Interim Payment Certificate within thirty (30) days from the date on which
the Employer’s Representative received the Contractor’s statement and supporting
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    Payment Certificate within thirty (30) days from the date of issue of the
Certificate.     The Contractor is required to set up a dedicated project
account in Suzhou just for the Employer’s Contract. All funds paid by the
Employer to the Contractor must be deposited into this account and funds can be
withdrawn from this account only for the Works covered by this Contract (Funds
escrow agreement will be subscribed separately by the Employer, the Contractor
and Everbright Bank.) The Employer has a right to audit this account at any
time. In the event if found the payment by the Employer is not used on the said
contract, the Employer has right to:   1.   Stop further payment, till the
unspecified use of fund is return back to the specific account; and   2.   Owner
has right to claim penalty as accordingly to liquidated damage clause 8.6
Delayed Payment   13.6   If payment of any sum payable under Sub-Clause 13.5 is
delayed, the Contractor shall be entitled to receive financing charges
compounded monthly on the amount unpaid during the period of delay. These
financing charges shall be calculated at the annual rate of one percent (1%)
above the demand deposit rates quoted by the Bank of China on the date when the
payment under Sub-Clause 13.5 becomes due. The Contractor shall be entitled to
such pay without formal notice and without prejudice to any other right or
remedy. Quality Insurance Payment   13.7   After whole Works are completed, the
Employer will keep 5% payment as the quality insurance deposit which may be paid
to the Contractor after deduction of the fixing fees by the Employer or outside
constituent without interest.

Statement at

Completion

  13.8   Not later than 84 days after the issue of the Taking-Over Certificate
for the whole of the Works, the Contractor shall submit, to the Employer’s
Representative, three (3) copies of a statement at completion with supporting
documents showing in detail, in the form approved by the Employer’s
Representative under Sub Clause 13.1:    

(a)     the final value of all work done in accordance with the Contract up to
the date stated in such Taking-Over Certificate,

 

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(b)     any further sums which the Contractor considers to be due, and

   

(c)     an estimate of amounts which the Contractor considers will become due to
him under the Contract.

    The estimated amounts shall be shown separately in such statement at
completion. The Employer’s Representative shall certify payment under Sub-Clause
13.4.

Application for

Final Payment

Certificate

  13.9   Not later than 56 days after the issue of the Performance Certificate,
the Contractor shall submit to the Employer’s Representative three (3) copies of
a draft final statement with supporting documents showing in detail, in a form
approved by the Employer’s Representative:    

(a)     the value of all work done in accordance with the Contract, and

   

(b)     any further sums which the Contractor considers to be due to him under
the Contract or otherwise.

    If the Employer’s Representative disagrees with or cannot verify any part of
the draft final statement, the Contractor shall submit such further information
as the Employer’s Representative may reasonably require and shall make such
changes in the draft as may be agreed between them. The Contractor shall then
prepare and submit to the Employer’s Representative the final statement as
agreed (for the purposes of these Conditions referred to as the “Final
Statement”).     If, following discussions between the Employer’s Representative
and the Contractor and any changes to the draft final statement which may be
agreed between them, it becomes evident that a dispute exists, the Employer’s
Representative shall deliver to the Employer (with a copy to the Contractor) an
Interim Payment Certificate for those parts of the draft final statement which
are not in dispute. The dispute may then be resolved under Clause 20, in which
case the Contractor shall then prepare and submit to the Employer (with a copy
to the Employer’s Representative) a Final Statement in accordance with the
outcome of the dispute. Discharge   13.10   When submitting the Final Statement,
the Contractor shall submit a written discharge which confirms that the total of
the Final Statement represents full and final settlement of all monies due to
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    discharge may state that it shall become effective only after payment due
under the Final Payment Certificate has been made and the performance security
referred to in Sub-Clause 4.2 has been returned to the Contractor.

Issue of Final

Payment Certificate

  13.11   The Employer’s Representative shall issue to the Employer, with a copy
to the Contractor, the Final Payment Certificate within 28 days after receiving
the Final Statement and written discharge in accordance with Sub-Clauses 13.9
and 13.10, stating:    

(a)     the amount which is finally due, and

   

(b)     after giving credit to the Employer for all amounts previously paid by
the Employer and for all sums to which the Employer is entitled, other than
under Sub-Clause 8.6, the balance, if any, due from the Employer to the
Contractor or from the Contractor to the Employer as the case may be.

    If the Contractor has not applied for a Final Payment Certificate in
accordance with Sub-Clauses 13.9 and 13.10, the Employer’s Representative shall
request the Contractor to do so. If the Contractor fails to make such an
application within a period of 28 days, the Employer’s Representative shall
issue the Final Payment Certificate for such amount as he considers to be due.

Cessation of

Employer’s Liability

 

13.12

  The Employer shall not be liable to the Contractor for any matter or thing
arising out of (or in connection with) the Contract or execution of the Works,
unless the Contractor shall have included a claim for it in his Final Statement
and (except for matters or things arising after the issue of the Taking-Over
Certificate for the whole of the Works) in the statement at completion described
in Sub-Clause 13.8. 14 . Variations     Right to Vary   14.1   Variations may be
initiated by the Employer’s Representative at any time during the Contract
Period, either by instruction or by a request for the Contractor to submit a
proposal. If the Employer’s Representative requests the Contractor to submit a
proposal and subsequently elects not to proceed with the change, the Contractor
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    The Contractor shall not make any alteration and/or modification of the
Works, unless and until the Employer’s Representative instructs or approves a
Variation in writing. If the Construction Documents or Works are not in
accordance with the Contract, the rectification shall not constitute a
Variation. Value Engineering   14.2   The Contractor may, at any time, submit to
the Employer’s Representative a written proposal which in the Contractor’s
opinion will reduce the cost of constructing, maintaining or operating the
Works, or improve the efficiency or value to the Employer of the completed
Works, or otherwise be of benefit to the Employer. Any such proposal shall be
prepared at the cost of the Contractor and shall include the items listed in
Sub-Clause 14.3. Variation Procedure   14.3   If the Employer’s Representative
requests a proposal, prior to instructing a Variation, the Contractor shall
submit as soon as practicable:    

(a)     a description of the proposed and/or work to be performed and a
programme for its execution,

   

(b)     the Contractor’s proposal for any necessary modifications to the
programme according to Sub-Clause 4.14, and

   

(c)     the Contractor’s proposal for adjustment to the Contract Price, Time for
Completion and/or modifications to the Contract. The Employer’s Representative
shall, as soon as practicable after receipt of such proposals, respond with
approval, rejection or comments. The official revised order will serve as
instruction to proceed, but the Contractor is allowed to start the phase work
when the Employer released the Phase work instruction to the Contractor.

    If the Employer’s Representative instructs or approves a Variation, he shall
proceed in accordance with Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine adjustments to
the Contract Price/ Purchase Order and/or Time for Completion. Adjustment of the
Contract Price shall be fair and reasonable and consistent with all unit rates
stated in the Employer’s Requirements, include reasonable preliminaries,
overheads and profit, and shall take account of the Contractor’s submissions
under Sub-Clause 14.2 if applicable. The Contractor shall supply sufficient
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    reasonable market prices, to enable the Employer to determine such
adjustments. When contract price need to revise, the Contractor and the Employer
should negotiate the variety according to the construction material price in
March 2009 and material price of the day (see attached file 2.3)     The
negotiation of the materials price change should not serve as a reason of delay
to the project schedule. 15. Default of Contractor Notice to Correct   15.1   If
the Contractor fails to carry out any of his obligations, or if the Contractor
is not executing the Works in accordance with the Contract, the Employer’s
Representative may give notice to the Contractor requiring him to make good such
failure and remedy the same within a specified reasonable time. Termination  
15.2   If the Contractor:    

(a)     fails to comply with a notice under Sub-Clause 15.1,

   

(b)     abandons or repudiates the Contract,

   

(c)     without reasonable excuse fails:

   

(i)      to commence the Works in accordance with Sub-Clause 8.1,

   

(ii)     to proceed with the Works in accordance with Clause 8, or

   

(iii)   to demonstrate that sufficient capability is employed in the of the
Works to achieve completion within the Time for Completion,

   

(d)     becomes bankrupt or insolvent, goes into liquidation, has a receiving or
administration order made against him, compounds with his creditors, or carries
on business under a receiver, trustee or manager for the benefit of his
creditors, or if any act is done or event occurs which (under any applicable
law) has a similar effect to any of these acts or events,

   

(e)     fails to comply with a notice issued under Sub-Clause 7.5 within 28 days
after having received it, or

 

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(f)      assigns the Contract or subcontracts the Works without the required
consent.

    then the Employer may, after having given 14 days’ notice to the Contractor,
terminate the Contractor’s employment under the Contract and expel him from the
Site. The Contractor shall then deliver all Construction Documents, and other
documents made by or for him, to the Employer’s Representative. The Contractor
shall not be released from any of his obligations or liabilities under the
Contract and shall be liable to the Employer for all loss suffered and costs
incurred by the Employer as a result of such termination, including any close
associated with substitute performance. The rights and authorities conferred on
the Employer and the Employer’s Representative by the Contract shall not be
affected.     The Employer may upon such termination complete the Works himself
and/or by any other contractor. The Employer or such other contractor may use
for such completion so much of the Construction Documents, other documents made
by or on behalf of the Contractor, Contractor’s Equipment, Temporary Works,
Plant and Materials as he or they may think proper. Upon completion of the
Works, or at such earlier date as the Employer’s Representative thinks
appropriate, the Employer’s Representative shall give notice that the
Contractor’s Equipment and Temporary Works will be released to the Contractor at
or near the Site. The Contractor shall remove or arrange removal of the same
from such place without delay and at his cost.

Valuation at Date

of Termination

  15.3   The Employer’s Representative shall, as soon as possible after
termination under Sub-Clause 15.2, determine and advise the Contractor of the
value of the Construction Documents, Plant, Materials, Contractor’s Equipment
and Works and all sums then due to the Contractor as at the date of termination.

Payment after

Termination

  15.4   After termination under Sub-Clause 15.2, the Employer shall not be
liable to make any further payments to the Contractor until the costs of design,
execution, completion and remedying of any defects, damages for delay in
completion (if any), and all other costs incurred by the Employer, have been
established.     The Employer shall be entitled to recover from the Contractor
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    after allowing for any sum due to the Contractor under Sub-Clause 15.3. If
there are no such extra costs, the Employer shall pay any balance to the
Contractor. Improper and Illegal Payments   15.5   If the Contractor, or any of
his Subcontractors, agents or servants pays or offers to pay or authorises the
payment of any money or anything of value (including any gift, gratuity or
commission), directly or indirectly, to any person (whether a government
official or private individual, including without limitation any employee of
Employer) for the purpose of illegally or improperly inducing such person or
official or any political party or official thereof. In addition to the rights
described above, in such event Employer shall also be entitled to damages equal
to 10 times of the offered amount plus any costs, losses or penalties suffered
by Employer in connection therewith    

(a)     to do or forbearing to do any action in relation to the Contract or any
other contract with the Employer, or

 

(b)     to show or forbearing to show favour or disfavour to any person in
relation to the Contract or to any other contract with the Employer,

 

then the Employer may, after having given 14 days’ notice to the Contractor,
terminate the Contractor’s employment under the Contract and expel him from the
Site, and the provisions of this Clause shall apply as if such termination and
expulsion had been made under Sub-Clause 15.2.

16. Default of Employer

Contractor’s

Entitlement to

Suspend Work

  16.1   If the Employer fails to pay the Contractor the amount due under any
certificate of the Employer’s Representative, and fails to explain why the
Contractor is not entitled to such amount, within 21 days after the expiry of
the time stated in Sub-Clause 13.8 within which payment is to be made, except
for any deduction that the Employer is entitled to make under the Contract, the
Contractor may suspend work or reduce the rate of work after giving not less
than 7 days’ prior notice to the Employer (with a copy to the Employer’s
Representative). Such action shall not prejudice the Contractor’s entitlements
to payment under Sub-Clause 13.8 and to terminate under Sub-Clause 16.2.     If
the Contractor suspends work or reduces the rate of work, and the Employer
subsequently pays the amount due (including payment in accordance with
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    13.8), the Contractor’s entitlement under Sub-Clause 16.2 shall lapse in
respect of such delayed payment, unless notice of termination has already been
given, and the Contractor shall resume normal working as soon as is reasonably
possible.     If the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs Cost as a result of
suspending work or reducing the rate of work in accordance with this Sub-Clause,
the Contractor shall give notice to the Employer’s Representative. After receipt
of such notice, the Employer’s Representative shall proceed in accordance with
Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine:    

(a)     any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under
Sub-Clause 8.3, and

   

(b)     the amount of such Cost plus reasonable profit, which shall be added to
the Contract Price,

    and shall notify the Contractor accordingly. Termination   16.2   If the
Employer:    

(a)     fails to pay the Contractor the amount due under any certificate of the
Employer’s Representative within 42 days after the expiry of the time stated in
Sub-Clause 13.7 within which payment is to be made (except for any deduction
that the Employer is entitled to make under the Contract),

   

(b)     becomes bankrupt or insolvent, goes into liquidation, has a receiving or
administration order made against him, compounds with his creditors, or carries
on business under a receiver, trustee or manager for the benefit of his
creditors,

   

(c)     consistently fails to meet the Employer’s obligations under the
Contract, or

   

(c)     if a prolonged suspension affects the whole of the Works as described in
Sub-Clause 8.10,

    then the Contractor may terminate his employment under the Contract by
giving notice to the Employer, with a copy to the Employer’s Representative.
Such notice shall take effect 14 days after the giving of the notice during
which period Employer shall have the opportunity to cure such defect under (a) –
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    being made to cure such defect at the end of such period, Contractor may not
terminate.

Cessation of Work

and Removal of

Contractor’s

Equipment

  16.3  

After termination under Sub-Clause 2.4 or Sub-Clause 16.2, the Contractor shall:

 

(a)     cease all further work, ‘except for such work as may be necessary and
instructed by the Employer’s Representative for the purpose of making safe or
protecting those parts of the Works already executed, and any work required to
leave the Site in a clean and safe condition,

 

(b)     hand over all Construction Documents, Plant and Materials for which the
Contractor has received payment,

 

(c)     hand over those other parts of the Works executed by the Contractor up
to the date of termination, and

 

(d)     remove all Contractor’s Equipment which is on the Site and repatriate
all his staff and labour from the Site.

    Any such termination shall be without prejudice to any other right of the
Contractor under the Contract.

Payment on

Termination

  16.4  

After termination under Sub-Clause 16.2, the Employer shall return the
performance bond, also the advance payment bank guarantee and shall pay the
Contractor an amount calculated and certified in accordance with Sub-Clause 19.6
plus the amount of any loss or damage, but not including loss of profit, which
the Contractor may have suffered in consequence of termination, less the amount
outstanding from the advance payment.

 

IN NO EVENT WILL EMPLOYER BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.

17. Risk and Responsibility Indemnity   17.1   The Contractor shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Employer, the Employer’s Representative, their
contractors, agents and employees from and against all claims, damages, losses
and expenses arising out of or resulting from the Works, including professional
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    These indemnification obligations shall be limited to claims, damages,
losses and expenses which are attributable to bodily injury, sickness, disease
or death, or to injury to or destruction of physical property (other than the
Works), including consequential loss of use. Contractor’s Care of the Works  
17.2   The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the care of the Works
from the Commencement Date until the date of issue of the Taking-Over
Certificate for the whole of the Works when responsibility shall pass to the
Employer. If the Employer’s Representative issues a Taking-Over Certificate for
any Section or part of the Works, the Contractor shall cease to be responsible
for the care of that Section or part from the date of issue of such Taking-Over
Certificate, when responsibility shall pass to the Employer.     The Contractor
shall take responsibility for the care of any outstanding work which is required
to be completed prior to the expiry of the Contract Period, until the Employer’s
Representative confirms in writing that such outstanding work has been
completed.     If any loss or damage happens to the Works, arising from any
cause other than the Employer’s risks listed in Sub-Clause 17.3, during the
period for which the Contractor is responsible, the Contractor shall rectify
such loss or damage, at his cost, so that the Works conform to the Contract. The
Contractor shall also be liable for any loss or damage to the Works caused by
any operations carried out by the Contractor after the date of issue of the
Taking-Over Certificate. Employer’s Risks   17.3   The Employer’s risks are:    

(a)     war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion, act of
foreign enemies,

   

(b)     rebellion, revolution, insurrection, or military or usurped power, or
civil war,

   

(c)     ionising radiations, or contamination by radio-activity from any nuclear
fuel, or from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel,
radio-active toxic explosive, or other hazardous properties of any explosive
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(d)     pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling
sonic or supersonic speeds,

 

(e)     riot, commotion or disorder, unless caused by the employees of the
Contractor or of his Subcontractors and arising from the conduct of the Works,
and

 

(f)      loss or damage due to the use or occupation by the Employer of any
Section or part of the Works, except as may be provided for in the Contract.

Consequences of

Employer’s Risks

  17.4   The Contractor shall give notice, to the Employer’s Representative, of
Employer’s risk upon it being foreseen by, or becoming known to, the Contractor.
If an Employer’s risk results in loss or damage, the Contractor shall rectify
such loss or damage to the extent required by the Employer’s Representative. If
the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs Cost as a result of an Employer’s
risk, the Contractor shall give further notice to the Employer’s Representative.
After receipt of such further notice the Employer’s Representative shall proceed
in accordance to Sub-Clause 3.5 to agree or determine:    

(a)     any extension of time to which the Contractor is entitled under
Sub-Clause 8.3, and

   

(b)     the amount of such Cost, which shall be added to the Contract Price,

    and shall notify the Contractor accordingly. Contractor’s Risks   17.5   The
Contractor’s risks are all risks other than the Employer’s risks listed in Sub
Clause 17.3.

Limitation of

Liability

  17.6   The total liability of the Contractor to the Employer under the
Contract shall not exceed the Contract Price. Except that this Sub-Clause shall
not limit the liability of the Contractor:    

(a)     under any provisions of the Contract which expressly impose a greater
liability,

   

(b)     in cases of fraud, wilful misconduct or illegal or unlawful acts, or

   

(c)     in cases of acts or omissions of the Contractor which are contrary to
the most elementary rules of diligence which a conscientious contractor would
have followed in similar circumstances.

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Insurance for

Design

  18.1   The Contractor shall effect professional indemnity insurance, which
shall insure the Contractor’s liability by reason of professional negligence in
the of the Works. Such insurance shall be for a limit of not less than the
Contract Price.     The Contractor shall use his best endeavours to maintain
such professional indemnity insurance in full force and effect throughout the
periods of his liability, under the Contract and under the law of the Country.
The Contractor undertakes to give the Employer reasonable notice in the event of
difficulty (if any) in extending, renewing or reinstating such insurance.

Insurance for Works and Contractor’s

Equipment

  18.2   The Contractor shall insure the Construction Documents, Plant,
Materials and Works in the name of the Employer, who shall be entitled to
receive payments from the insurers, against all loss or damage. This insurance
shall cover loss or damage from any cause other than the Employer’s risks listed
in Sub-Clause 17.3 sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) . Such insurance shall
be for a limit of not less than the full replacement cost (including profit) and
shall also cover the costs of demolition and removal of debris. Such insurance
shall be in such a manner that the Employer and the Contractor are covered from
the date by which the evidence is to be submitted under Sub-Clause 18.5(a),
until the date of issue of the Taking-Over Certificate for the whole of the
Works. The Contractor shall extend such insurance to provide cover until the
date of issue of the Performance Certificate, for loss or damage for which the
Contractor is liable arising from a cause occurring prior to the issue of the
Taking-Over Certificate for the whole of the Works, and for loss or damage
occasioned by the Contractor or Subcontractors in the course of any other
operations (including those under Clauses 11 and 12).     The Contractor shall
insure the Contractor’s Equipment in the name of the Employer, who shall be
entitled to receive payments from the insurers, against all loss or damage. This
insurance shall cover loss or damage from any cause other than the Employer’s
risks listed in Sub-Clause 17.3 sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d). Such
insurance shall be for a limit of not less than the full replacement value
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The Contractor shall insure the Employer’s Supplies where these were known at
the time of the Tender in the name of the Employer, who shall be entitled to
receive payments from the insurers, against all loss or damage from the time of
arrival of the Employer’s Supplies at the port of import in the People’s
Republic of China. This insurance shall cover loss or damage from any cause
other than the Employer’s risks listed in Sub-Clause 17.3 sub-paragraphs (a),
(b), (c) and (d). Such insurance shall be for a limit of not less than the full
replacement value (including delivery to Site). Employer’s Supplies ordered
after the date of the tender shall also be subject to the requirements of this
clause, and shall be added to the insurance cover, with any additional premium
required being paid by the Employer.

 

Such insurance shall be in such a manner that each item of equipment is insured
while it is being transported to the Site and throughout the period it is on or
near the Site.

Insurance against

Injury to Persons

and Damage to

Property

  18.3   The Contractor shall insure against liability to third parties, in the
joint names of the Employer, the Contractor and Subcontractors, for any loss,
damage, death or bodily injury which may occur to any physical property (except
things insured under Sub-Clause 18.2) or to any person (except persons insured
under Sub-Clause 18.4), which may arise out of the performance of the Contract
and occurring before the issue of the Performance Certificate.

Insurance for

Workers

  18.4   The Contractor shall effect and maintain insurance against losses and
claims arising from the death or injury to any person employed by the Contractor
or any Subcontractor, in such a manner that the Employer and the Employer’s
Representative are indemnified under the policy of insurance. For a
Subcontractor’s employees, such insurance may be effected by the Subcontractor,
but the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with this Clause.

General

Requirements for

Insurances

  18.5   Each insurance policy shall be consistent with the general terms agreed
in writing between the Employer and the Contractor prior to the Effective Date.
The Contractor shall be liable at its own cost for paying any deductibles on
each insurance policy.     The Contractor shall, fourteen (14) days from the
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    that the insurances described in this Clause have been effected, through
underwriter’s certification in respect thereof.     When each premium has been
paid, the Contractor shall submit copy receipts to the Employer. The Contractor
shall also, when providing such evidence, policies and receipts to the Employer,
notify the Employer’s Representative of so doing.     The Contractor shall
effect all insurances for which he is responsible with insurers and in terms
approved by the Employer. Each policy insuring against loss or damage shall
provide for payments to be made in the currencies required to rectify such loss
or damage. Payments received from insurers shall be used for the rectification
of such loss or damage.     The Contractor (and, if appropriate, the Employer)
shall comply with the conditions stipulated in each of the insurance policies.
The Contractor shall make no material alteration to the terms of any insurance
without the prior approval of the Employer. If an insurer makes (or purports to
make) any such alteration, the Contractor shall notify the Employer immediately.
    If the Contractor fails to effect and keep in force any of the insurances
required under the Contract, or fails to provide satisfactory evidence, policies
and receipts in accordance with this Sub-Clause, the Employer may, without
prejudice to any other right or remedy, effect insurance for the coverage
relevant to such default, and pay the premiums due. Such payments shall be
recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, and may be deducted by the
Employer from any monies due, or to become due, to the Contractor.     Nothing
in this Clause limits the obligations, liabilities or responsibilities of the
Contractor or the Employer, under the other terms of the Contract or otherwise.
Any amounts not insured or not recovered from the insurers shall be borne by the
Contractor and/or the Employer accordingly. 19. Force Majeure

Definition of Force

Majeure

  19.1   In this Clause, “force majeure” means any one of the events specified
below which is beyond the control of the Employer and the Contractor (as the
case may be), which

 

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makes it impossible or illegal for a party to perform:

 

   

(a)     war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), invasion, act of
foreign enemies, mobilization, requisition, or embargo;

   

(b)     rebellion, revolution, insurrection, or military or usurped power, or
civil war;

   

(c)     contamination by radio-activity from any nuclear fuel, or from any
nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel, radio-active toxic explosive,
or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear
component of such assembly;

   

(d)     riot, commotion or disorder unless caused by the employees of the
Contractor or of his Subcontractors.

   

(e)     Contagion such as SARS, causing a national emergency which impacts the
Contractor’s ability to perform his obligations in the Contract in a timely
manner.

   

(f)      Suspension caused by the weather: The site construction or normal
operation is impossible due to continuous raining or strong wind.

   

(g)     Over 8 accumulate hours of power/water off within 1 week that may make
impossible for normal progress of works.

Effect of Force

Majeure Event

  19.2   Neither the Employer nor the Contractor shall be considered in default
or in contractual breach to the extent that performance of obligations is
prevented by a force majeure event which arises after the Effective Date.

Contractor’s

Responsibility

  19.3   Upon occurrence of an event considered by the Contractor to constitute
force majeure and which may affect performance of his obligations, he shall
promptly notify the Employer’s Representative, and shall endeavour to continue
to perform his obligations as far as reasonably practicable. The Contractor
shall also notify the Employer’s Representative of any proposals, including any
reasonable alternative means for performance, but shall not effect such
proposals without the consent of the Employer’s Representative.

Employer’s

Responsibility

  19.4   Upon occurrence of an event considered by the Employer to constitute
force majeure and which may affect performance of his obligations, he shall
promptly notify

 

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    the Contractor and the Employer’s Representative, and shall endeavour to
continue to perform his obligations as far as reasonably practicable. The
Employer shall also notify the Employer’s Representative and the Contractor of
any proposals, with the objectives of completing the Works and mitigating any
increased costs to the Employer and the Contractor.

Payment to

Contractor

  19.5   If, in consequence of force majeure, the Works shall suffer loss or
damage, the Contractor shall be entitled to have included, in an Interim Payment
Certificate, the Cost of work executed in accordance with the Contract, prior to
the event of force majeure. If the Contractor incurs additional Cost in
complying with Sub-Clause 19.3, such Cost shall be determined by the Employer’s
Representative in accordance with the provisions of Sub-Clause 3.5 and shall be
added to the Contract Price.

Optional

Termination,

Payment and

Release

  19.6   Irrespective of any extension of time, if a force majeure event occurs
and its effect continues for a period of 182 days, either the Employer or the
Contractor may give to the other a notice of termination, which shall take
effect 28 days after the giving of the notice. If, at the end of the 28-day
period, the effect of the force majeure continues, the Contract shall terminate.
If the Contract is terminated under this Sub-Clause, Sub-Clause 2.4 or
Sub-Clause 16.2, the Employer’s Representative shall determine the value of the
work done and:    

(a)     the amounts payable for any work carried out for which a price is stated
in the Contract including preliminaries, overheads and profit in respect of such
work;

 

(b)     the Cost of Plant and Materials ordered for the Works which have been
delivered to the Contractor, or of which the Contractor is liable to accept
delivery; such Plant and Materials shall become the property of (and be at the
risk of) the Employer when paid for by the Employer, and the Contractor shall
place the same at the Employer’s disposal;

 

(c)     any other Cost or liability which in the circumstances was reasonably
incurred by the Contractor in the expectation of completing the Works;

 

(d)     the reasonable Cost of removal of Temporary Works and Contractor’s
Equipment from the Site and the return of such items to the Contractor’s works
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          country (or to any other destination at no greater cost); and

 

(e)     the reasonable Cost of repatriation of the Contractor’s staff and labour
employed wholly in connection with the Works at the date of such termination;

 

and issue an Interim Payment Certificate in accordance with Clause 13.

 

Release from

Performance under

the Law

  19.7   If under the law of the Contract the Employer and the Contractor are
released from further performance, the sum payable by the Employer to the
Contractor shall be the same as would have been payable under Sub-Clause 19.6 if
the Contract had been terminated under that Sub-Clause. 20. Claims, Disputes and
Arbitration

Procedure for

Claims

  20.1   If the Contractor intends to claim any additional payment under any
Clause of these Conditions or otherwise, the Contractor shall give notice to the
Employer’s Representative as soon as possible and in any event within 28 days of
the start of the event giving rise to the claim.    

The Contractor shall keep such contemporary records as may be necessary to
substantiate any claim, either on the Site or at another location acceptable to
the Employer’s Representative. Without admitting the Employer’s liability, the
Employer’s Representative shall, on receipt of such notice, inspect such records
and may instruct the Contractor to keep further contemporary records. The
Contractor shall permit the Employer’s Representative to inspect all such
records, and shall (if instructed) submit copies to the Employer’s
Representative.

 

Within 28 days of such notice, or such other time as may be agreed by the
Employer’s Representative, the Contractor shall send to the Employer’s
Representative an account, giving detailed particulars of the amount and basis
of the claim. Where the event giving rise to the claim has a continuing effect,
such account shall be considered as interim. The Contractor shall then, at such
intervals as the Employer’s Representative may reasonably require, send further
interim accounts giving the accumulated amount of the claim and any further
particulars. Where interim accounts are sent to the Employer’s Representative,
the Contractor shall send a final account

 

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    within 28 days of the end of the effects resulting from the event.     If
the Contractor fails to comply with this Sub-Clause, he shall not be entitled to
additional payment. Payment of Claims   20.2   The Contractor shall be entitled
to have included in any Interim Payment Certificate such amount for any claim as
the Employer’s Representative considers due. If the particulars supplied are
insufficient to substantiate the whole of the claim, the Contractor shall be
entitled to payment for such part of the claim as has been substantiated.
Arbitration 20.3       20.3.1   The Parties will use their best efforts to
resolve any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with
this Contract through friendly consultations between the Parties. But, if no
settlement is reached within thirty (30) days from the date one Party notifies
the others in writing of its intention to submit the dispute, controversy or
claim to arbitration in accordance with this clause, then any dispute,
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Contract, or the breach
termination or invalidity thereof, shall be settled by arbitration by the China
International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in accordance
with the procedural rules of CIETAC.   20.3.2   The place of arbitration will be
in Beijing. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted in English and
Chinese. The arbitration panel will consist of 3 members, none of whom shall be
a citizen or a resident of the PRC or the United States of America. Members of
the arbitration panel shall be selected in accordance with the procedural rules
of CIETAC.   20.3.3   The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the
Parties, and the Parties agree to be bound by and to act accordingly. The costs
of arbitration and the costs of enforcing the arbitration award (including
witness expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees) shall be borne by the losing
Party, unless otherwise determined by the arbitration award. Each Party shall
waive any defense based on the fact or allegation that it is an agency or
instrumentality of a sovereign state.

 

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  20.3.4   When any dispute occurs and when any dispute is under arbitration,
except for the matters under dispute, the Parties shall continue to exercise
their remaining respective rights, and fulfill their remaining obligations under
this Contract.

 

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APPENDIX 2.1

PARENT COMPANY GUARANTEE

This Deed of Guarantee is made the April 15 of 2010.

Between:

China Electronics Engineering Design Institute, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China with its head office
situated at 27 Wanshou Road, Beijing, 100804 China (Guarantor); and

MFLEX (Chengdu) CO., LTD., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the People’s Republic of China with its registered office at Hi-Tech
Industrial Development Zone(Western), No.1, Middle of Tianfu road, Chengdu
,Sichuan , China (Employer).

WHEREAS, Beijing Shida Xiyuan Construction and Technology Company, a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China
(Contractor), with its registered office situated at 27 Wanshou Road, Beijing,
China, is a subsidiary of the Guarantor;

WHEREAS, the Employer has entered into an Engineering, Procurement and
Construction Agreement with Contractor dated as of April 15 of 2010 (together
with the schedules, annexes, and exhibits thereto and as the same may be amended
from time to time, herein called the “Contract”; to which reference is made for
the meaning of capitalized terms used in this Deed of Guarantee with
definition), for the purpose of building the Employer’s plant in Chengdu; and

WHEREAS, Sub Clause 1.14 of the Conditions of Contract requires the Contractor
to obtain and deliver to the Employer, simultaneously with the execution of the
Contract Agreement, a parent company guarantee of Contractor’s performance under
the Contract; and

AND WHEREAS, the Guarantor owns the outstanding capital stock of Contractor, and
as ultimate parent company of Contractor, is willing to enter into this
Guarantee to satisfy the conditions of the Contract.

 

1. Representation and Warranties

The Guarantor represents and warrants to the Employer that as at the date
hereof:

 

  (a) the Guarantor is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the People’s Republic of China has the
corporate power and authority to own its assets and to carry on its business as
presently conducted;

 

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  (b) its execution and delivery of this Deed of Guarantee and the performance
of all transactions and obligations contemplated hereby is within its corporate
authority;

 

  (c) its execution, delivery and performance hereof has been duly authorised by
all necessary corporate proceedings; and

 

  (d) this Deed of Guarantee constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the

Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

 

2. Guarantee

 

2.1 In consideration of the Employer agreeing to enter into the Contract subject
to the execution of this Deed of Guarantee:

 

  (a) the Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Employer
that:

 

  (i) upon the default by the Contractor of any obligation under the Contract to
make payment to the Employer of any amount which is due and payable by the
Contractor under the terms of the Contract, the Guarantor will pay to the
Employer each such amount not paid by the Contractor, such payment by the
Guarantor to be made within seven (7) days of written demand by the Employer to
the Guarantor certifying the Contractor’s default under the Contract as
aforesaid and without set-off, counterclaim or condition of any kind whatsoever,
together with such additional amounts, if any, as may be necessary to ensure
that, after such withholdings or deductions as the Guarantor may be required by
law to make on account of tax of any nature, will result in the Employer
receiving the same amount as would have been receivable by it had such amount
been duly made by the Contractor in accordance with the terms of the Contract;
and

 

  (ii) upon the default by the Contractor to carry out, observe and perform any
obligation in accordance with the terms of the Contract, the Guarantor will, if
so required by the Employer in writing, certifying the Contractor’s default
under the Contract, carry out, observe and perform those obligations in
accordance with the Contract; and

 

  (b) the Guarantor shall indemnify the Employer against all loss, damage,
liability, claims, demands, proceedings, costs and expenses arising from any
failure by the Contractor to carry out, observe and perform in accordance with
the Contract any of the Contractor’s obligations contained in or arising from
the Contract (the “Contractor’s Obligations”).

 

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2.2 The Guarantor confirms that it is aware of and accepts all the terms and
conditions of the Contract and waives:

 

  (i) notice of the occurrence of a default under the Contract;

 

  (ii) notice of any indulgences, extensions or consents granted to the
Contractor or any other surety;

 

  (iii) any requirement of diligence or promptness on the part of the Employer
in the enforcement of its rights or remedies against the Contractor or any other
person or against any security; and

 

  (iv) any and all notices of every kind and description which may be required
to be given by any statute or rule of law (but only to the extent that such
notices are permitted to be waived by such statute or rule of law).

 

2.3 The obligations of the Guarantor shall not be impaired, lessened or affected
and shall continue to subsist notwithstanding :

 

  (a) any amendments, addition or supplement to, or modification of, the
Contract;

 

  (b) any action taken or not taken under the Contract in the exercise of any
right or power therein conferred;

 

  (c) the taking, variance or release of any other guarantee or security at any
time for all or any of the Contractor’s Obligations or by any failure or
omission on the part of the Employer to enforce any right conferred or required
thereby;

 

  (d) any waiver by the Employer under the Contract of any condition therein
provided for;

 

  (e) the merger or consolidation of the Contractor into or with any company or
corporation or the Contractor losing its separate corporate identity or by any
disability, incapacity or damage in status or constitution of the Contractor or
by any sale or transfer by the Contractor to any other person of all or any part
of its property or any liquidation or dissolution of the Contractor or the
insolvency of the Contractor or any receivership, administration, moratorium
composition or credits, claims or other analogous events affecting the
Contractor or its property;

 

  (f) any failure or omission on the part of the Employer under the Contract
against the Contractor or any corporate successor to it, or any action by the
Employer under the Contract granting indulgence or extension of time for payment
to the Contractor or any other surety;

 

  (g) waiving or acquiescing in any default or non-compliance by the Contractor
or any corporate successor to it;

 

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  (h) any other dealing or any other circumstances whatsoever (with or without
notice to or knowledge of the Guarantor) which may or might in any manner or to
any extent affect or prevent recovery or performance of any of the Contractor’s
Obligations or otherwise vary the risk of the Guarantor under this Deed of
Guarantee or might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a
surety or guarantor, it being the purpose and intent of the parties that this
Deed of Guarantee and the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.

 

2.4. The Employer may, without affecting, limiting, modifying or discharging any
of the obligations of the Guarantor under this Deed of Guarantee release the
whole or any part of any of the Contractor’s Obligations and with or without
mediation or legal arbitration proceedings settle or compound disputes or
differences with the Contractor or make further agreements of modifications with
the Contractor or any liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative
receiver or other person having authority in relation to, the Contractor.

 

2.5 Without prejudice to the Employer’s right against the Contractor as
principal debtor an Obligor, the Guarantor shall, as between the Employer on the
one hand and the Guarantor on the other, be deemed principal debtor and obligor
in respect of its obligations under this Deed of Guarantee and not merely
surety. Accordingly, the Guarantor shall not be discharged, nor shall its
liability be affected, by any act, thing, omission or means whatsoever whereby
its liability would not have been discharged, if it had been principal debtor or
obligor, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, by
reason of any provision of the Contract being or becoming void, unenforceable or
otherwise invalid under any applicable law and notwithstanding that such
disability may have been known to the Employer.

 

3. Notices

Any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other document to be given
by one party to another (collectively called “Notice”) shall be in writing and
delivered personally, mailed by first class post or sent by facsimile, as
follows:

 

(1)        To the Guarantor:    China Electronics Engineering Design Institute
      27 Wanshou Road,       Beijing, 100840 China       Attention: Mrs. Hu Ping
   To the Employer:   

MFLEX (Chengdu) CO., LTD. Hi-Tech Industrial

Development Zone (Western), No.1, Middle of Tianfu

      road, Chengdu 611731, China (Employer).       Attention: Mr. WC Chong

 

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      Email address: wcchong@mflex.com.cn

Notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be effective upon actual
receipt. Notice given by facsimile shall be effective upon actual receipt if
received during the recipient’s normal business hours, or at the beginning of
the recipient’s next business day after receipt if not received during normal
business hours. Any party may change its address to which Notice is to be given
to it or any of the details given above in relation to it by giving Notice as
provided above of such change of address.

 

4. Governing Law and Forum

 

4.1 The construction, validity and performance of this Deed of Guarantee shall
be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China. In the event of any
breach, differences or disputes of whatsoever nature arising out of or relating
to this Deed of Guarantee, the parties irrevocably agree that any suit, action,
or proceedings may be brought in the relevant People’s Courts of Chengdu and the
parties irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such Courts.

 

4.2 The parties irrevocably waive any objections which they may have nor or
hereafter to either the venue of any proceedings brought in the Courts of the
relevant People’s Courts of Shanghai, or that such proceedings have been brought
in a non-convenient forum. The parties irrevocably agree that any final
judgement (after appeal or expiration of time for appeal) entered by such Court
shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in the
courts or any other jurisdiction to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

4.3 The Guarantor shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of
the Employer (including without limitation legal fees and expenses on a full
indemnity basis) in enforcing the obligations of the Guarantor under this Deed
of Guarantee.

 

5. Assignment and Successors

 

5.1 The Employer may assign, charge or transfer any of the rights under this
Deed of Guarantee.

 

5.2 All of the terms of this Deed of Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and assigns of the
Employer.

 

6. Release and Discharge

 

6.1 The Guarantor may not terminate this Guarantee by notice to the Employer or
otherwise.

 

6.2

Subject to clauses 6.1 and 6.3, and provided the amounts guaranteed hereunder
have been irrevocably paid in full and the obligations guaranteed hereunder

 

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  performed in full, the Employer shall, at the request and cost of the
Guarantor, discharge or release the Guarantor by written instrument signed by
the Employer.

 

6.3 Any settlement or discharge between the Employer and the Guarantor shall be
conditional upon no security or payment to the Employer by or on behalf of the
Contractor or any other person being avoided or reduced by virtue of any
provision or enactment relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, administration or
liquidation for the time being in force and the Employer shall be entitled to
recover the value or amount of any such security or payment from the Guarantor
subsequently as if such settlement or discharge had not occurred.

 

7. Undertakings

 

7.1 The Guarantor shall not take or accept any security interest from the
Contractor or, in relation to the amounts guaranteed hereunder, from any third
party, without first obtaining the Employer’s written consent.

 

7.2 The Guarantor shall not, without first obtaining the Employer’s written
consent, seek to recover, whether directly or by set-off, lien, counterclaim or
otherwise, nor accept any money or other property, nor exercise any rights, in
respect of any sum or security which may be or become due to the Guarantor on
any account by the Contractor or, in relation to the amounts guaranteed
hereunder, from any third party, nor claim, prove for or accept any payment in
any composition by, or any winding up of, the Contractor or, in relation to the
amounts guaranteed hereunder, any third party.

 

7.3 The Guarantor shall not claim as a creditor of the Contractor or any
co-surety in connection with the Employer.

 

7.4 If notwithstanding Clauses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 above, the Guarantor holds or
receives any such security, moneys or property, it shall hold such security,
moneys or property on trust for the Employer and it shall forthwith pay or
transfer the same to the Employer.

 

7.5 The Guarantor will remain the beneficial owner of the majority issued share
capital of the Contractor free of all security interests, encumbrances and
claims whatsoever and the Guarantor will not permit its control over the affairs
of the Contractor to be impaired.

[chop]

/s/ Hu Ping

 

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APPENDIX 2.2

PERFORMANCE BOND

China Merchants Bank Beijing Branch

No.

Performance Bond

No.                     

To:

MFLEX (CHENGDU) CO.,LTD.

Whereas our client Beijing Shiyuan Xida Construction and Technology Company
(hereinafter called “the Contractor”) and you have entered into
No.                             New plant project (hereinafter called “the
Project”) Agreement (hereinafter called “the Agreement”) dated as of April 15,
2010. We (hereinafter called “the Guarantor”), at the request of the Contractor,
hereby open our irrevocable letter of performance bond about the Agreement
above-mentioned in favour of you (hereinafter called “the Beneficiary”).
Therefore, China merchants bank Beijing branch ,hereby affirm that we undertake
to pay you the performance bond not exceeding RMB10,530,000 YUAN immediately
upon receipt of your claim documents and the written document that the
contractor fail to execute the agreement in the valid period of the performance
bond .

The performance bond shall be applied to the laws of the People’s Republic of
China and shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China. In
the event of any difference or dispute arising out of the execution of
performance bond, it should be settled through consultation firstly.

If the difference or dispute can’t be settled through consultation, either party
or both parties may bring the suit in the competent People’s Courts.

The performance bond comes into force from opening, and is valid until March 15,
2011 except the Beneficiary suspend or abandon his rights of the performance
bond of his own accord.

The Guarantor:

Authorized signatory:

April 15, 2010

Address: Block A, Building No.156 Fuxingmen Road, Beijing City, China

Tel: 66426868

Postcode: 100031

 

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