GRS 118
CONFIDENTIAL
FM F C O 041833Z JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 12 OF 4 JANUARY
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YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS 20-23: HUEY FONG
See (36) 243/1
HKK 243
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רינן
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1. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MERCHANT SHIPPING AND SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL CRDINANCES ARE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO ONE MINOR COMMENT. FCO LEGAL ADVISERS SUGGEST THAT THE OPENING OF THE
PROPOSED NEW SECTION 34A(1) TO THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE MIGHT BE AMENDED ON THE LINES OF "WHERE THERE ARE REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING THAT .......
2. WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE CONSULTED BEFORE THE PROPOSED NEW POWERS
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION CRDINANCE ARE USED AGAINST REFUGEES FROM
THE HUEY FONG OR SIMILAR VESSELS. DESPITE THE NEED TO DETER SHIPS
INVOLVED IN THE REFUGEE TRAFFIC, WE THINK IT COULD ATTRACT CRITICISM
IF REFUGEES CARRIED IN THE SHIPS WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY FROM CTHER
BGAT REFUGEES ONCE IN HONG KONG.
CWEN
FILES
HK & GD (6)
UND
MAED
MVD
SEAD
NEWS D
PS
PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS
PS/MR LUARD
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR WEIR
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