Bermuda provides the registered home for about 1 million tons of Canadian Pacific shipping. This situation is not without its problems for the DTI Marine Division as Bermuda has nothing like the sophisticated local maritime authority that Hong Kong has. And although I have no information about the nationality of lower deck crewing on CP■ ships, I doubt if this would be met from Bermudian labour resources in the same way and to the same degree as a Hong Kong flagged vessel would be crewed by Hong Kong Chinese. In such circumstances the Bermudian flag would appear to be much more one of convenience than a Chinese Hong Kong owned, crewed and flagged vessel might ever be seen to be. In short, if Bermuda can be allowed this freedom as regards manning how much more sound are the grounds for hong Kong.
12 September 1972
P F Newman
Marine & Trasport Dept G 68/1
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