China firm wins tender to redevelop Solomon Islands port

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SYDNEY, March 22 (Reuters) - The Solomon Islands has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to a Chinese state company to upgrade an international port in Honiara in a project funded by the Asian Development Bank, an official of the island nation said on Wednesday. The China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) was the only company to submit a bid in the competitive tender, Mike Qaqara of the infrastructure development ministry told Reuters. "This will be upgrading the old international port in Honiara and two domestic wharves in the provinces," Qaqara said. Responding to concerns the port could be deepened for Chinese...