1**Exhibit 4.52****Contract Summary of Main Contract**Part I — Key Particulars   Project: Construction of a flexible print circuit factory facility at Land Lot No. A64-2,Meicun Gongye Jizhongqu, Wuxi Xinqu, the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)       Parties:  (1) Zastron Precision-Flex (Wuxi) Employer Limited (“the Employer”), acompany incorporated under the laws of the PRC; and          (2) Yixing Building Engineering & Installation Co., Ltd(“the Main Contractor”), a company incorporated under the laws of the PRC.   Date of Contract: 28 March 2008  Contract Sum: RMB127,033,217.34 Part II — Material TermsThe followings are the material terms of the subject contract in relation to the rights andobligations of the parties:-1. The Employer and the Main Contractor entered into the Agreement under which the Employer isdesirous of conducting the Main Contract Works for the Project (“the Works”) and has causedthe Contract Drawings and Specification showing and describing the work to be done (Recital ofthe Articles of Agreement), and the Main Contractor is engaged to, upon and subject to theConditions of Contract, carry out and complete the Works shown upon the Contract Drawings anddescribed by or referred to in the Specification and in the Conditions of Contract (Clause 1of the Articles of Agreement). 2. Clauses *2,*3 and 4 of the Articles of Agreement provides for definitions of certain coreexpressions in the Main Contract (Clauses 2, 3 and 4 of the Articles of Agreement). Theparties acknowledge and accept the amendments to the Conditions of Contract listed in theBill of Quantities (Clause 5 of the Articles of Agreement). The correspondence attached tothe Main Contract forms part of the Main Contract (Clause 6 of the Articles of Agreement). 3. The Main Contractor is obliged to carry out, take full responsibility for the care of, andcomplete the Works with due care and diligence and in every respect to the satisfaction ofthe Architect. (Clause 1(1) of the Conditions of Contract) 4. The Main Contractor shall be fully responsible for the care of the Works including theresponsibility for all temporary buildings, plant, goods and materials and things whatsoeveron the site or delivered to or placed on the site in connection with or for the purpose ofthe works (Clause 1(2) of the Conditions of Contract). The Main Contractor shall be fullyresponsible for the care of any outstanding work which he shall have undertaken to finishduring the Defects Liability Period until such outstanding work is

 

2  completed as certified by the Architect and approved and signed by the Employer. The MainContractor shall also be liable for any damage to the Works occasioned by him in the courseof any operation carried out by him (Clause 1(3) of the Conditions of Contract). 5. The Main Contractor is deemed to have examined the Contract Drawings and the Specificationand the other documents forming the Main Contract. The Architect is responsible for resolvingany ambiguities or discrepancies in and between those documents at the Main Contractor’s ownexpense and the Main Contractor shall not be entitled to an extension of time. (Clause 1(4)of the Conditions of Contract) 6. The Main Contractor shall forthwith comply with all instructions issued to him by theArchitect in regard to any matter in respect of which the Architect is expressly empoweredunder the Conditions of Contract. If within seven days after receipt of a written notice fromthe Architect requiring compliance with an instruction the Main Contractor does not complytherewith, then the Employer may employ and pay other persons to execute any work whatsoeverwhich may be necessary to give effect to such an instruction and all costs incurred inconnection with such employment shall be recoverable from the Main Contractor by the Employeras a debt or may be deducted by him from any monies due or to become due to the MainContractor under the Main Contract. (Clause 2(1) of the Conditions of Contract) 7. Unless otherwise stated the Main Contractor shall comply with any legislation, regulation,byelaw, procedure, rule or notice of any duly constituted national or local authority of thePRC and of any public utility Employer or other statutory undertaker which has anyjurisdiction with regard to the Works or with whose systems the same are or will beconnected, and give all necessary notices and applications including paying all necessaryfees, charges, levies, duties, rates and taxes legally demandable. (Clause 4(1) of theConditions of Contract) 8. The Main Contractor shall fulfil any registration requirements and obtain any provisionaland specific permits authorizations and certificates required by any duly constitutednational or local authority of the PRC for the commencement, execution and completion of theWorks until the Works shall possess the requisite conditions for the title registration(including but not limited to all the registration requirements in relation to the MainContract, commencement of work permit, all permits, authorizations and certificates requiredby the Supervising Engineer, completion certification and all permits, authorizations andcertificates in relation to the lawful occupation and use of the Works), and the MainContractor shall provide all such documents and information as may be required for the saidpurpose (including but not limited to the provision of documents and information as may berequired by the Urban Construction Archives, the Real Estate Trading Centre or such otherrelevant authorities of the PRC for the purpose of title registration of the Project).Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the relevant laws andregulations require the said registration, permits, authorizations or certificates to beapplied for in the name of the Employer, the Main Contractor shall use its best endeavours toprocure the Employer’s successful application for the same in the Employer’s name (includingbut not limited to carrying out such acts and providing such documents and information as maybe required by the Employer for that purpose).

 

3  The Main Contractor shall not be entitled to apply for any extension of time to completethe Works by reason of any failure to obtain or to maintain such registration, permits,authorizations or certificates irrespective of whether the Main Contractor is at fault inthis regard. The Main Contractor shall bear any fees or expenses arising from the foregoingprovisions. (Clause 4(3) of the Conditions of Contract) 9. The Main Contractor shall be responsible for all national or local taxes which he is liableto pay under the laws and regulations of the PRC for the execution of the Works and thedischarge of its obligations under the Main Contract (including but not limited to labourinsurance fund, value added tax and import duties) and shall indemnify the Employer againstany demand imposed upon the Employer by the tax authorities of the PRC arising from thecarrying out of the Works by the Main Contractor and the discharge of the Main Contractor’sobligations under the Main Contract. (Clause 4(6) of the Conditions of Contract) 10. All royalties or other sums payable in respect of the supply and use in carrying out theWorks as described by or referred to in the Bill of Quantities of any patented articles,processes or inventions shall be deemed to have been included in the Contract Sum, and theMain Contractor shall indemnify the Employer from and against all claims, proceedings,damages, costs and expenses which may be brought or made against the Employer or to which hemay be put by reason of the Main Contractor infringing or being held to have infringed anypatent rights in relation to any such articles, processes and inventions. Provided that wherein compliance with instructions issued by the Architect the Main Contractor shall supply anduse in carrying out the Works any patented articles, processes or inventions, the MainContractor shall not be liable in respect of any infringement or alleged infringement of anypatent rights in relation to any such articles, processes and inventions and all royaltiesdamages or other monies which the Main Contractor may be liable to pay to the personsentitled to such patent rights shall be added to the Contract Sum. (Clause 7 of theConditions of Contract) 11. The Employer shall be entitled to appoint a Supervising Officer or the Architect’srepresentative whose duty shall be to act solely as inspector on behalf of the Employer underthe directions of the Architect and the Main Contractor shall afford every reasonable facilityfor the performance of that duty. If any directions are given to the Main Contractor or to hisforeman upon the Works by the Supervising Officer or the Architect’s representative the sameshall be of no effect unless given in regard to a matter in respect of which the Architect isexpressly empowered by the Conditions of Contract to issue instructions and unless confirmedin writing by the Architect within two working days of their being given. If any suchdirections are so given and confirmed then as from the date of confirmation they shall bedeemed to be the Architect’s instructions. (Clause 10 of the Conditions of Contract) 12. The Architect may issue instructions requiring a variation. The Main Contractor shall notcarry out any variation without the Architect’s instructions. Only under specialcircumstances may the Architect subsequently sanction in writing any variation made by theMain Contractor otherwise than pursuant to the instructions already issued by the Architect.No variation required by the Architect or subsequently sanctioned by him shall vitiate theMain Contract. (Clause 11(1) of the Conditions of Contract)

 

413. The Architect shall issue instructions in regard to the expenditure of prime cost andprovisional sums included in the Bill of Quantities and of prime cost sums which arise as aresult of instructions issued in regard to the expenditure of provisional sums. (Clause11(3) of the Conditions of Contract) 14. The Contract Sum is a fixed price lump sum and shall include, and be deemed to include, thecost of all labour and materials required for the execution of the Works and the cost ofperforming all of the Main Contractor’s obligations under the Contract. The Contract Sum shallbe the total amount to be paid to the Main Contractor under the Contract and it shall not beadjusted or altered in any way whatsoever otherwise than in accordance with the expressprovisions of the Conditions of Contract, and subject to Clause 12(3) of the Conditions ofContract any error whether of arithmetic or not in the computation of the Contract Sum shallbe deemed to have been accepted by the parties hereto (Clause 13(1) of the Conditions ofContract). Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 13(1) of the Conditions of Contract,there will be no adjustment to the Contract Sum for rises or falls in the cost of labour,taxes and materials, the cost of complying with Clause 4 of the Conditions of Contract,interest rates or exchange rates of currencies, and the Main Contractor shall not be entitledto any additional payment save and except on the basis of variations required or sanctionedunder the Conditions of Contract and/or otherwise provided for under the Main Contract (Clause13(2) of the Conditions of Contract). 15. When in the opinion of the Architect the Works are practically completed, the Architect shallforthwith issue a certificate to that effect and Practical Completion of the Works shall bedeemed for all the purposes of the Main Contract to have taken place on the day named in suchcertificate. (Clause 15(1) of the Conditions of Contract) 16. Any defects or other faults which shall appear within the Defects Liability Period stated inthe appendix to the Conditions of Contract and which are due to materials or workmanship notin accordance with the Main Contract or shall be specified by the Architect in a Schedule ofDefects which he shall deliver to the Main Contractor not later than fourteen days after theexpiration of the said Defects Liability Period, and within a reasonable time after receiptof such Schedule the defects and other faults therein specified shall be made good by theMain Contractor and (unless the Architect shall otherwise instruct, in which case theContract Sum shall be adjusted accordingly) entirely at his own cost. (Clause 15(2) of theConditions of Contract) 17. If at any time or times before Practical Completion of the Works the Employer with theconsent of the Main Contractor shall take possession of any part or parts of the same, thennotwithstanding anything expressed or implied elsewhere in the Main Contract. (Clause 16 ofthe Conditions of Contract) 18. The Main Contractor shall not assign the Contract or sub-let the whole or any portion of theWorks without the prior written approval of the Employer or the Architect. (Clauses 17(1) and(2) of the Conditions of Contract) 19. The Main Contractor hereby agrees to fully indemnify all loss and damage that the Employermay suffer as a result of any claims and demands made against it by Sub-Contractors of anytier and/or any suppliers including but not limited to any claims

 

5  brought on the bases of relevant article of the Judicial Interpretation promulgated by theSupreme People’s Court regarding the laws applicable to the adjudication of constructiondisputes and any laws and regulations of the PRC which have the effect of imposingliability on the part of the Employer. (Clauses 17(3) and 30.9 of the Conditions ofContract) 20. The Main Contractor shall be liable for, and shall indemnify the Employer against, anyexpense, liability, loss, claim or proceedings whatsoever arising under any laws andregulations of People’s Republic of China in respect of personal injury to or the death of anyperson whomsoever arising out of or in the course of or caused by the carrying out of theWorks; unless due to any default or neglect of the Employer or of any person for whom theEmployer is responsible (Clause 18(1) of the Conditions of Contract). The Main Contractorshall be liable for, and shall indemnify the Employer against, any expense, liability, loss,claim or proceedings in respect of any injury or damage whatsoever to any property real orpersonal in so far as such injury or damage arises out of or in the course of or by reason ofthe carrying out of the Works, and provided always that the same is due to any negligence,omission or default of the Main Contractor, his servants or agents or of any Sub-Contractor,his servants or agents (Clause 18(2) of the Conditions of Contract). The Main Contractor shallbe responsible for personal injury to or the death of his employees arising out of or in thecourse of or cause by the carrying out of the Works. The Main Contractor shall be liable forand shall indemnify the Employer against any expense, liability, loss, claim or proceedingswhatsoever, in respect of personal injury to or the death of his employee whether theemployees are his own or those of his Sub-Contractors (Clause 18(3) of the Conditions ofContract). 21. Without prejudice to the Main Contractor’s obligations under Clause 1 of the Conditions ofContract and his liability to indemnify the Employer under Clause 18 of the Conditions ofContract, the Main Contractor shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Contract,insure against Contractor’s All Risks and Third Party Liability and maintain such insurances(Clauses 19 and 20(1) of the Conditions of Contract). The insurances shall be maintained inthe joint names of the Employer, the Main Contractor and his Sub-Contractors, NominatedSub-Contractors and Nominated Suppliers, and shall contain a “Cross-Liability” clause asbetween the Employer, the Main Contractor and his Sub-Contractors, Nominated Sub-Contractorsand Nominated Suppliers (Clauses 19 and 20(2) of the Conditions of Contract). 22. On the Date for Possession stated in the appendix to the Conditions of Contract the MainContractor shall thereupon begin the Works and regularly and diligently proceed with thesame, and shall complete the same on or before the Date for Completion stated in the saidappendix subject nevertheless to the provisions for extension of time contained in Clauses 23and 33(1)(c) of the Conditions of Contract. The Architect may issue instructions in regard tothe postponement of any work to be executed under the provisions of the Main Contract.(Clause 21 of the Conditions of Contract) 23. If the Main Contractor fails to complete the Works by the Date for Completion of the Worksor the Dates for Completion of the parts of the Works stated in the appendix to theConditions of Contract or within any extended time fixed under Clause23 or 33(1)(c) of theConditions of Contract and the Architect certifies in writing that in his

 

6  opinion the same ought reasonably so to have been completed, then the Main Contractor shallpay or allow to the Employer a sum calculated at the appropriate rate stated in the saidappendix as Liquidated and Ascertained Damages for the period during which the Works or theparts of the Works shall so remain or have remained incomplete or the Employer withoutprejudice to any other method of recovery may deduct such sum from any monies due or tobecome due to the Main Contractor under the Main Contract. (Clause 22 of the Conditions ofContract) 24. Upon it becoming reasonably apparent that the progress of the Works is delayed, or is likelyto be delayed, the Main Contractor shall forthwith in any event within 7 days of the cause ofany delay to the progress of the works give written notice to the Architect of the materialcircumstances including the cause or causes of the delay. The Main Contractor shall provideall relevant materials within the time limits as stated in Clause 23(6) of the Conditions ofContract. The Main Contractor shall give the said notice and particulars within the said timelimits and provide all relevant materials within the time limits as stated in Clause 23(6) ofthe Conditions of Contract which are the prerequisites of being given an extension of time.Failure to comply with any one of these requirements within the said time limits shallpreclude the Main Contractor’s right to claim for extension of time. The decision under thisClause to grant an extension of time shall be made by taking into account only those matterswhich have been notified/submitted within the said time limits, and the decision so made shallbe final and binding upon the parties hereto unless it is being opened by arbitration pursuantto Clause 35 of the Conditions of Contract (Clause 23(1) of the Conditions of Contract). Fullsubstantiation of the delay shall be submitted to the Architect for assessment within thirtydays of giving notice of the delay as referred to in Clause 23(1) of the Conditions ofContract or within 30 days of the event causing the delay ceasing to have an effect on theworks, whichever shall be the later (Clause 23(6) of the Conditions of Contract). 25. If upon written application being made to him by the Main Contractor the Architect is of theopinion that the Main Contractor has been involved in direct loss and/or expense for which hewould not be reimbursed by a payment made under any other provision in the Main Contract byreason of the progress of the Works or of any part thereof having been critically affected by:(a) The Main Contractor not having received in due time necessary instructions, drawings,details or levels from the Architect for which he specifically applied in writing on a datewhich having regard to the Date for Completion stated in the appendix to the Conditions ofContract or to any extension of time then fixed under Clause 23 or33(1)(c) of the Conditionsof Contract was neither unreasonably distant from nor unreasonably close to the date on whichit was necessary for him to receive the same; or (b) The opening up for inspection of any workcovered up or the testing of any of the work, materials or goods in accordance with Clause6(3) of the Conditions of Contract (including making good in consequence of such opening up ortesting), unless the inspection or test showed that the work, materials or goods were not inaccordance with the Main Contract or the Main Contractor has failed to comply with the timelimits for notification set out in Clause 6(3) of the Conditions of Contract; or (c) Delay onthe part of artists, tradesmen or others engaged by the Employer in executing work not formingpart of the Main Contract; or (d) instructions issued in regard to the postponement of anywork to be executed under the provisions of the Main Contract; and if the written applicationis made in accordance with the

 

7  provisions of Clause 24(2) of the Conditions of Contract, then the Architect shall confirmor instruct the Quantity Surveyor to ascertain the amount of such loss and/or expense. Anyamount from time to time so ascertained shall be added to the Contract Sum, and if anInterim Certificate is issued after the date of ascertainment any such amount shall beadded to the amount which would otherwise be stated as due in such Certificate. (Clause24(1) of the Conditions of Contract) 26. If the Main Contractor violates any obligation under the Main Contract (including but notlimited to violation of Clause 17(2)(a) of the Conditions of Contract), the Architect mayissue to him a written notice specifying the default. If the Main Contractor either does notrectify such a default within fourteen days after receipt of such a notice or at any timethereafter repeats such a default (whether previously repeated or not), then the Employer,without prejudice to any other rights or remedies, shall be entitled to by giving writtennotice forthwith terminate the employment of the Main Contractor under the Main Contract.(Clause 25(1) of the Conditions of Contract) 27. The Main Contractor is entitled to terminate the employment by the Employer in the event thatthe Employer violates any of the terms and conditions of the Main Contract or is in default inany one or more of the following respects: (a) the Employer does not make payment to the MainContractor within the period stated under the Main Contract; (b) the Employer interferes orhinders any certificate to be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions under theMain Contract; (c) no resumption of work in respect of all or almost all of the uncompletedwork (excluding the work required by Clause 15 of the Conditions of Contract) for a periodexceeding the time limit stated in the appendix to the Conditions of Contract due to thefollowing reasons: (i) force majeure; (ii) loss or damage occasioned by any one or more of thefollowing contingencies: fire, lightning, explosion, storm, typhoon, flood, bursting oroverflowing of water tanks, apparatus or pipes, earthquake, aircraft and other aerial devicesor articles dropped therefrom, riot and civil commotion; (iii) instructions issued underClause 11(1) or 21(2) of the Conditions of Contract unless such instructions were necessary byreason of any breach of Contract or other default on the part of the Main Contractor or anySub-Contractor; (iv) the Main Contractor not having received in due time necessaryinstructions, drawings, details or levels from the Architect for which he specifically appliedin writing on a date which, having regard to the Date for Completion stated in the appendix tothe Conditions of Contract or to any extension of time then fixed under this Clause or Clause33(1)(c) of the Conditions of Contract, was neither unreasonably distant from nor unreasonablyclose to the date on which it was necessary for him to receive the same and as a resultcritical delay to the progress of the Works has been caused; (v) delay on the part of artists,tradesmen or other engaged by the Employer in executing work not forming part of the MainContract; (vi) the opening up for inspection of any work covered up or of the testing of anyof the work, materials or goods in accordance with Clause 6(3) of the Conditions of Contract(including making good in consequence of such opening up or testing), unless the inspection ortest showed that the work, materials or goods were not in accordance with the Main Contract;or (vii) following the Architect’s instructions and complying the provision under Clause 34 ofthe Conditions of Contract; and (d) in the event of the Main Contractor becoming bankrupt ormaking a composition or arrangement with his creditors or having a winding up order made or(except for purposes of reconstruction) a resolution for voluntary winding up passed or areceiver or manager of his business or

 

8  undertaking duly appointed, or possession taken, by or on behalf of the holders of anydebentures secured by a floating charge, of any property comprised in or subject to thefloating charge. (Clauses 26(1) and (2) of the Conditions of Contract) 28. At the Period of Interim Certificates named in the appendix to the Conditions of Contract theArchitect shall issue a certificate stating the amount due to the Main Contractor (includingthe amount due to the Nominated Sub-Contractors and Nominated Suppliers) from the Employer(Clause 30(1) of the Conditions of Contract). The amount stated as due in an InterimCertificate shall, be the estimated value of the work properly executed and of the materialsand goods delivered to or adjacent to the Works for use thereon up to and including a date notmore than fourteen days before the date of the said certificate less any amount which may beretained by the Employer (as provided in Clause 30(3) of the Conditions of Contract) and lessany instalments previously paid under this Condition. Provided that such certificate shallonly include the value of the said materials and goods as and from such time as they arereasonably, properly and not prematurely brought to or placed adjacent to the Works and thenonly if adequately protected against weather or other casualties (Clause 30(2) of theConditions of Contract). 29. So soon as is practicable but before the expiration of three months from the end of theDefects Liability Period stated in the appendix to the Conditions of Contract or fromcompletion of making good defects under Clause 15 of the Conditions of Contract or fromreceipt of the documents referred to in paragraph (b) of Clause 30(6) of the Conditions ofContract, whichever is the latest, the Architect shall issue the Final Certificate. The FinalCertificate shall state: (a) The sum of all amounts previously certified, and (b) TheContract Sum adjusted as necessary in accordance with the terms of the Conditions ofContract, and the difference (if any) between the two sums shall be expressed in the saidcertificate as a balance due to the Main Contractor from the Employer or to the Employer fromthe Main Contractor as the case may be. Subject to any deductions authorised by theConditions of Contract, the said balance as from the fourteenth day after presentation of theFinal Certificate by the Main Contractor to the Employer shall be a debt payable by theEmployer to the Main Contractor or as the case may be as from the fourteenth day after issueof the Final Certificate shall be a debt payable by the Main Contractor to the Employer.(Clause 30(6) of the Conditions of Contract) 30. The Main Contractor shall obtain a bond (the “Bond”) from of an Insurance Employer or Bankto be jointly and severally bound with the Main Contractor to the Employer in a sum as statedin the appendix to the Conditions of Contract for the due performance of the Main Contractunder the terms of a Bond; the said Insurance Employer or Bank and the terms of the said Bondshall be to the approval of the Employer and the cost of obtaining the Bond shall be borne bythe Main Contractor. (Clause 31 of the Conditions of Contract) 31. Provided always that in case any dispute or difference shall arise between the Employer orthe Architect on its behalf and the Main Contractor, either during the progress or after thecompletion or abandonment of the Works, as to the construction of the Main Contract or as toany matter or thing of whatsoever nature arising thereunder or in connection therewith(including any matter or thing left by the Main Contract to the

 

9  discretion of the Architect or the withholding by the Architect of any certificate to whichthe Main Contractor may claim to be entitled or the measurement and valuation mentioned inClause 30(5)(a) of the Conditions of Contract or the rights and liabilities of the partiesunder Clause 25, 26, 32 or 33 of the Conditions of Contract), then such dispute ordifference shall be and is hereby referred to the China International Economic and TradeArbitration Commission (CIEIAC), Shanghai Sub-Commission for arbitration in accordance withits Rules of Procedure. Such reference, except on article 3 or article 4 of the Articles ofAgreement, or on questions whether or not the issue of an instruction is empowered by theConditions of Contract, whether or not a certificate has been improperly withheld or is notin accordance with the Conditions of Contract, or on any dispute or difference underClauses 32 and 33 of the Conditions of Contract, shall not be opened until after PracticalCompletion or alleged Practical Completion of the Works or termination or allegedtermination of the Main Contractor’s employment under the Main Contract, or abandonment ofthe Works, unless with the written consent of the Employer or the Architect on his behalfand the Main Contractor. The Main Contractor shall comply and continue to comply with anyinstruction or decision related to the dispute or difference referred to arbitration, untilthe giving of award by the Arbitrator. (Clause 35 of the Conditions of Contract) 32. The Main Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the PRC.(Clause 36 of the Conditions of Contract)**Part III — Omitted Terms**The following is a description of the terms of the subject contract that have been omitted fromthis summary:-1. The contract documents provision lists out all documents in relation to the Works togethercomprising the Main Contract. (Clause 3 of the Conditions of Contract) 2. The provision in relation to the levels and setting out of the Works imposes obligations onthe part of the Employer to determine the levels of the Works. (Clause 5 of the Conditions ofContract) 3. The provision in relation to materials, goods and workmanship specifies that all materials,goods and workmanship shall be of the respective kinds and standards described in theContract Drawings/Specification. It also provides that it is the Architect’s right to issueinstructions requiring the Main Contractor to open up for inspection any work covered up orto arrange for or carry out any test of any materials or goods or of any executed work.(Clause 6 of the Conditions of Contract) 4. The provision in relation to the foreman-in-charge sets out two requirements of a competentforeman-in-charge: (a) English-speaking and Putonghua-speaking or, an interpreter throughwhom the Architect may give instructions shall be employed constantly on the site of theWorks; and (b) approved by the Architect before employment and shall not be replaced withoutthe approval of the Architect. (Clause 8 of the Conditions of Contract)

 

105. The access provision entitles the Architect and his representative to have access to theWorks and to the workshops or other places of the Main Contractor where work is beingprepared for the Contract, and when work is to be so prepared in workshops or other placesof a Sub-Contractor, the Main Contractor shall by a term in the sub-contract so far aspossible secure a similar right of access to those workshops or places for the Architectand his representative. (Clause 9 of the Conditions of Contract) 6. The provision in relation to the Bill of Quantities provides that the quality and quantityof the work included in the Contract Sum shall be deemed to be that which is shown upon theContract Drawings and the Bill of Quantities. It also provides that any error in or omissionof items from the Bill of Quantities shall not vitiate the Main Contract but shall be dealtwith and deemed as the variation of the Works required by the Architect. (Clause 12 of theConditions of Contract) 7. The provision in relation to the unfixed or off-site materials and goods provides for thesole risk of the Main Contractor to be responsible for the plant, tools, equipment, or otherproperty belonging to or provided by the Main Contractor, his servants or agents and any lossor damage to the same or caused by the same shall be the sole responsibility of the MainContractor. (Clause 14 of the Conditions of Contract) 8. The provision in relation to the Nominated Sub-Contractors provides for the definition ofthe Nominated Sub-Contractor of the Works and sets out his obligations under the MainContract. (Clause 27 of the Conditions of Contract) 9. The provision in relation to the Nominated Suppliers provides for the definition of theNominated Supplier of the Works and sets out his obligations under the Main Contract. (Clause28 of the Conditions of Contract) 10. The provision in relation to the direct contractor provides that the Main Contractor shallpermit the execution of work not forming part of the Main Contract by the direct contractorengaged by the Employer. The Employer shall be responsible for every such person and none ofthem shall be deemed to be a Sub-Contractor. (Clause 29 of the Conditions of Contract) 11. The outbreaks of hostilities provision sets out the mechanism of crisis management of theMain Contract where there is an outbreak of hostilities in which the PRC is involved on ascale involving the general mobilisation of the armed forces of the Government in the PRC.(Clause 32 of the Conditions of Contract) 12. The war damage provision sets out the management mechanism of the Main Contract when theWorks or any materials or goods is sustaining war damage. (Clause 33 of the Conditions ofContract) 13. The provision in relation to antiquities provides that all fossils, antiquities and otherobjects of interest or value which may be found on the site or in excavating the same duringthe progress of the Works shall become the property of the Employer. (Clause 34 of theConditions of Contract)

 

11*****************************The forgoing is a fair and accurate English translation of the summarized Main Contract.        JSM