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and autonomous register should be based on the following

criteria:-

"Ownership of a ship entitled to register

on the new Hong Kong Register should be

limited to

(a)

a company incorporated in Hong Kong

and whose principal place of business

is in Hong Kong; or

(b)

a person ordinarily resident in Hong

Kong.

In either case there should be a legally

accountable representative in Hong Kong for the

purposes of enforcement. In the event that the

legally accountable representative were a

company, that company should be incorporated in

Hong Kong. Individuals as legally accountable

persons should be ordinarily resident in Hong

Kong.

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