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FM HONG KONG
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IN RESPECT OF FLIGHTS (IN PARTICULAR BY HELICOPTERS) BETWEEN HONGL
KONG AND MACAU AS SUCH FLIGHT ENTAIL OVERFLIGHT OF CHINESE CLAIMED WATERS.
2. IN RESPECT OF SUCH FLIGHT WE APPLY DIFFERENT CRITERIA TO THOSE APPLIED TO OTHER NON-SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES, IN THAT OUR PRESENT PRACTICE IS NOT TO GRANT APPROVAL TO ANY APPLICATION FOR SUCH A FLIGHT BEFORE THE APPLICANT RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM THE PRC. FOR SUCH FLIGHTS TO PLACES OTHER THAN MACAU WE IMPOSE NO SUCH REQUIREMENT.
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3. THE POLICY APPEARS TO STEM FROM AN FCO LETTER REF. FEH 21/11 OF 1 MARCH 1971 IN THE CONTEXT OF A POSSIBLE HELICOPTER SERVICE BY HONG KONG AIR INTERNATIONAL BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU. A COPY OF THIS LETTER IS BEING SENT BY BAG.
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HONG KONG OPERATORS HAVE BEEN INFORMED AND REMINDED AS NECESSARY OF THE REQUIREMENT STEMMING FROM THIS POLICY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN A LETTER TO THE AERO CLUB OF HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 1981 IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE AERO CLUB TO OPERATE A FLIGHT TO MACAU, DCA REITERATED THE REQUIREMENT OF PRC APPROVAL, INCLUDING THE IMPLICATION THAT SUCH APPROVAL WAS NECESSARY AT LEAST PARTLY BECAUSE SUCH AN OPERATION ENTAILED OVERFLYING CHINESE TERRITORIAL WATERS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MACAU.
5. IN SEPTEMBER 1982, FOLLOWING A CHINESE PROTEST AGAINST A ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT OVERFLYING CHINESE ISLANDS WEST OF MACAU WITHOUT PERMISSION, THE MATTER WAS AIRED AGAIN AT A MEETING ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, HEADQUARTERS BRITISH FORCES, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL ADVISER. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT IN THE LIGHT OF PREVIOUS FCO ADVICE, TACIT APPROVAL OF PRC SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SOUGHT FOR FLIGHTS TO
MACAU.
HKC
1811
: 1982
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