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DD 11010OZ HONG KONG
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 101125Z FEB 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 251 OF 10 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WORKING PAPER ON SHIPPING
1.
IN DISCUSSING THIS WORKING PAPER WITH EXCO YOU MAY DRAW IN
GENERAL TERMS ON THE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
OF SPEARATE DT REGISTERS, PREPARED SPECIALLY BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IN PARAGRAPH 3 BELOW. IT SHOULD NOT REPEAT NOT BE CIRCULATED, AS THESE PROPOSALS HAVE NOT YET
BEEN FINALLY AGREED BY MINISTERS (ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS
ARE ENVISAGED).
2. ON TIMING, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GET A PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME FOR 1984/85. THEY EXPECT THE PROPOSALS TO BE INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER 1984 AND TO
COME INTO FORCE BY THE END OF 1985. THE FORMAL CONSULTATIVE
DOCUMENT, WHICH IS STILL SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL APPROVAL, IS LIKELY TO ISSUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND SHOULD REACH YOU IN
EARLY MARCH.
3. TEXT OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'S CONFIDENTIAL GUIDANCE NOTE
IS AS FOLLOWS:
'REGISTRATION OF SHIPS: NEW REGIME
PROPOSALS TO BE PUBLISHED ON CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT BY END
FEBRUARY, SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL APPROVAL. FOR YOUR INFORMATION
ONLY THEY INCLUDE:
1. TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF BRITISH REGISTER LIMITED TO UK AND
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
2.
AS NOW, SHIPS TO BE WHOLLY OWNED BY QUALIFYING PERSONS, MORE NARROWLY DEFINED AS BRITISH CITIZENS, BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZENS, COMPANIES ESTABLISHED AND HAVING PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN UK OR DT. COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND
COMPANIES EXCLUDED.
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