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TELEGRAM NUMBER 250 OF 10 FEBRUARY
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YOUR TELNOS 271 272 294 AND 320 AND PEKING TELNOS 180 AND 201:
42 FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WORKING PAPER ON SHIPPING
1.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION HERE WITH LEGAL COUNSELLOR AND
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND TAKING ACCOUNT OF SUGGESTIONS IN
YOUR AND PEKING'S MOST RECENT TURS, TEXT IN YOUR TELNO 272 HAS
BEEN AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
A. THE CHINESE PLAN
WE AGREE VERSION IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF PEKING TELNO 2015
B. IMPLICATIONS
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SECOND PART OF FIRST SENTENCE IN PARAGRAPH 1 TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
# ... OPERATE SHIPS WORLDWIDE FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS AND
PASSENGERS TO AND FROM ALL OTHER PORTS, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE MANAGEMENT OF FREIGHT CONFERENCES'.
PARAGRAPH 3
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TO READ:
'SHIPS WOULD CONTINUE TO ENJOY ACCESS TO PORTS OF HONG KONG IN
THE COURSE OF TRADE OR NAVIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.'
D. PARAGRAPH 4
INSERT OR FROM' BEFORE 'SHIPS'.
E.
PARAGRAPH 5
(I) CHANGE FULLSTOP TO COMMA AFTER ' (1976)'.
(II) FIRST PART OF THIRD SENTENCE TO READ: 'THE GOVERNMENTS OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PRC WOULD CO-OPERATE OVER STEPS TO
ENSURE THE CONTINUED APPLICATION TO THE HONG KONG SAR OF THOSE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ...'
(III) INSERT 'THE' BEFORE
F.
PARAGRAPH 6
'INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION'.
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