interfere in such a system.
6. Apart from his point about manning and the question of
establishing a "Hong Kong Flag", Mr Pao in his letter of
16 June raised only one other consideration. In the second
paragraph on page 2 of his letter he suggested that the
approval of Japanese shipyard construction" should be envisaged
without the necessity of a Hong Kong representative
specifically being in attendance during the period of
construction".
He went on to propose that reliance be placed
upon the surveillance of classification surveyors coupled with
a final survey on delivery. On this, the DTI have commented as
follows
"Presumably by "classification surveyors" is meant
surveyors of Classification Societies.
Provided that
7.
those surveyors did in fact ensure that British
specifications were met on ships constructed outside
British jurisdiction there would seem to be no objection
The UK
to using them so far as safety is concerned.
already use Classification Society surveyors for safety
equipment surveys of ships building in Japan, but it
should be noted (a) that the surveyors are specially
appointed for the purpose as surveyors of ships under
Section 724 of the 1894 Act and hence are directly
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responsible for HMG for their actions in this respect and
(b) as far as can be maintained only surveyors of British
nationality belonging to Lloyd's Register of Shipping are
so appointed."
In his letter of 16 June Mr Pao talked about "the Hong Kong flag (being) established as an autonomous flag with its own
regulations fashioned to meet the particular circumstances of Hong
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