TNAG-0274-FCO40-310-Legislation-applying-to-merchant-shipping-of-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 24

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Saning Despatch The Govemer,

Hong Kong

Type 1 +

From

Seentary I State.

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

HK Dept

Merchant Shipping (Aleivis Employment)

them

It has bean suggested that tous that Hong Kong ship-owners who, at present, register their ship's under Flags I Comenience, might the prepared to egist under the UK flag in Hong Kong if the Maste, Chief Offer, & Chief Engineer

Chief Engineer, did not have to be of bintich nationality.

その

2. Hower, the Mechant Shiping (Athens Employment) Ordinance already prandes for exemption by the Govenor from this prosion. We should be grateful to know

rif you do, in practice, grant exemption to foreigners under this Ordinance, and whether anything further can be done to benefit British regstation of shipping.

3.

We would aber like to ko whether, in fact, the probitition against employment of foreign nationals as senior ffices in British shyps dolo coult in this ames prefering foregroter under Hags 9 I

Comensence.