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PREGUIRY
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR) TELNO 986 OF 23 DEC. INFO HONG KONG (FOR BCARFE)
REGINS
REGULATION OF UK CHARTER AIR FREIGHT AIRLINES
PA.
IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENTLY CONDUCTED FREIGHT HEARING, THE CRA
INTENDS TO COME TO THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS AFFECTING CARRIAGE OF
AIR FREIGHT BETWEEN THE UK AND HONG KONG.
2. AS WAS PROPOSED IN THE STATEMENT IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD SERIES 11 NUMBER 255, 1 MARCH 1977, CONTROL OF CONSIGNMENT SIZE IS TO BE RETAINED WITH A MINIMUM PERMITTED WEIGHT OF 590 KILOS. FORWARDERS WILL BE PERMITTED TO CONSOLIDATE CONSIGNMENTS TO MAKE UP THE MINIMUM
PERMITTED WEIGHT, THIS CONTROL WILL APPLY TO ALL LONG-HAUL OUTBOUND
CHARTER FLIGHTS FROM THE UK, AND ALSO TO INBOUND FLIGHTS FROM NORTH AMERICA AND HONG KONG, WHERE THE PREDOMINANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC IS INBOUND, THIS WILL COME INTO FORCE FROM 1 JANUARY 1978, ON THE TERMINATION OF THE HONG KONG EXPERIMENT, UNDER WHICH CONTROL OF CON- SIGNMENT SIZE WAS SUSPENDED. GIVEN THE FREEDOM TO CONSOLIDATE
CONSIGNMENTS UP TO THE 590 KILO LIMIT, IT IS NOT EXPECTED THE NEW FORM OF CONTROL WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TRAFFIC OUT OF
HONG KONG, THE AUTHORITY WAS GRATIFIED TO NOTE MR LATHAM'S EARLIER
CONFIRMATION THAT THE AUTHORITY? PROPOSALS ON THIS MATTER WHICH
ARE CLOSELY IN LINE WITH WHAT HAD NOW BEEN DECIDED, WERE NOT LIKELY
TO BE ADVERSE TO HONG KONG INTERESTS.
3. CONTRARY TO THE AUTHORITY'S EARLIER PROPOSALS, 6D SPECIFIC
LICENCES ARE TO BE RETAINED, IS A MODIFIED FORA. CONTROL OF UK
CARRIERS WILL BE APPLIED TO TONNAGES OUTBOUND FROM THE UK TO
PARTICULAR OVERSEAS MARKETS. IN THE CASE OF TRANSMERIDIAN AIR
CARCO (HONG KONG) THE AUTHORITY HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND THIS CONTROL
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