CODE 18-77
Mr Christie
Legal Advisers
K 269
Reference
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CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 175/1
HONG KONG: SHIPPING REGISTER
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1. I understand from Miss Barrett and AMD that you now deal with shipping matters including those of Hong Kong. I therefore attach a copy of a minute I sent to Miss Barrett of 23 December 1991 seeking comments on Hong Kong telno 3896 of 1991 and the relevant file. Given the delay in replying to Hong Kong, I am keen to get an answer to them pretty soon and so would appreciate your early views.
2. "Double-flagging" is an issue which arises from time to time but does not loom too large on the Hong Kong horizon. Nevertheless, it is a subject which really ought to be laid to rest. Hong Kong, having enacted legislation which puts them on the wrong side of international maritime arrangements, frequently try to evade this.
Dr S D Harkin
Hong Kong Department
WH 305
18 May 1997
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