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Argument
7. Now that there is no longer a plan for
the evacuation of Hong Kong, it is arguable
that it is no longer necessary to continue in
being the Order in Council designed to provide
powers for requisitioning British shipping.
But it is envisaged that in the event of an
emergency, a limited "crash" operation to
evacuate certain sensitive and vulnerable
people would be carried out. The powers of
requisition might be needed for this, and It
There nee
is, considered that fresh Orders should now be
made revoking the existing Orders and replacing
them with an up to date version. This view is
shared by the Governor.
8.
Accordingly two draft Orders have been
prepared and are attached. One, the draft
Requisitioning of Ships Order, 1969, is
designed to replace the existing Orders and
the other is designed simply to revoke the
latter. The reason for providing by a separate
Order for the revocation of the 1955 and 1958
Orders is that the latter have never been
published. If it ever became necessary for
the new Order to be published and brought into
effect, the procedure proposed would avoid
having to disclose the existence of the 1955
and 1958 Orders since it would not be necessary
to publish the revoking Order.
9.
Neither the existing Orders nor the pro-
posed new Order provide for the requisitioning
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400/03. 1954-56. of aircraft. FEB. 528/400/03. 1954-56.
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• Flag FED. 528/400/03.1957-59
This point was considered both in
1955 and 1958 and the conclusion then reached
was that negotiation rather than requisition
was the most practical way of obtaining the
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