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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989

"BUT IT IGNORES THAT COMPLEXITIES OF THE SITUATION," HE SAID.

THE

FACTORS

WHICH KONG AIRLINE

TO BE CONSIDERED, OUTLINED MR JACOBS INCLUDED, FIRSTLY, WHETHER THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE HONG LICENSED FOR THE ROUTE.

HE POINTED OUT THERE WERE ONLY TWO ROUTES, PEKING AND SHANGHAI, FOR WHICH MORE THAN ONE HONG KONG AIRLINE WAS CURRENTLY LICENSED.

THE SECOND FACTOR, HE UNDER THE RELEVANT AIR SERVICES AIRLINE TO BE DESIGNATED.

SAID,

WAS AGREEMENT

THE WHETHER

FOR A SECOND

RIGHT

EXISTED HONG KONG

THERE

A

WAS THERE RIGHT, CAPACITY FOR THE

SUCH WAS IF WHETHER, THIRDLY, AVAILABLE UNDER THE RELEVANT AGREEMENT ANY UNUSED SECOND AIRLINE TO TAKE UP.

THE FOURTHLY, WHETHER ADDITIONAL RIGHTS COULD BE OBTAINED FROM

REASONABLY AFFORD BILATERAL PARTNER, AT A PRICE THAT HONG KONG COULD IN EXCHANGE FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

AND AND FINALLY, WHETHER, ASSUMING THAT CAPACITY WAS AVAILABLE

BE AIRLINE SECOND KONG THAT A OF HONG INTERESTS IT WAS IN THE

OF CAPABLE

OPERATING THE DESIGNATED, THAT AIRLINE HAD THE AIRCRAFT ROUTE.

"IN OTHER WORDS, HONG KONG DOES NOT HAVE FREEDOM OF ACTION," MR JACOBS SAID.

FULL AND UNILATERAL

"NOR DOES DESIGNATING MORE THAN ONE AIRLINE BY GOVERNMENT AUTOMATICALLY LEAD TO MORE CAPACITY,"

ADDITIONAL THE

SEEKING OF ON

QUESTION REFERRED TO THE STATEMENT MADE ON THE SUBJECT BY NOVEMBER 20, 1985 AND HIS OWN STATEMENT ON FEBRUARY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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THE HONG KONG

NR RIGHTS,

JACOBS HIS PREDECESSOR ON

18, 1987

THE

IN

AT SHORT NOTICE AND OTHER CITIES IN

"IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY TO OBTAIN SEATS ON FLIGHTS ON CERTAIN ROUTES BETWEEN HONG KONG RECENT TIMES," MR JACOBS NOTED.

THIS HAD BEEN A RESULT OF THE RAPID AND UNEXPECTED INCREASE PASSENGER DEMAND IN THE PAST TWO YEARS OR SO, WHICH AFFECTFP NOT HONG KONG BUT ALSO MANY OTHER PLACES, HE SAID.

[1]

OPERATE

ON THAT MEMBERS

THE

IN

ONLY

THE BASIS OF NORMAL "I WISH то ASSURE

THAT AIRLINES PRINCIPLES GOVERNING EXCHANGES OF RIGHTS, AND ASSUMING

WILL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, EXTRA ARE IN A POSITION TO

PROVIDE CONTINUE TO SEEK TO OBTAIN THE EXTRA TRAFFIC RIGHTS NEEDED TO

THE TERRITORY'S THE RIGHT AIR TRANSPORT NETWORK ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAIN

ABROAD FOR BUSINESS ECONOMY AND TO ENABLE 'RESIDENTS

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PLEASURE, MR JACOBS CONCLUDED.

TO

TRAVEL

OR

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