CON LEENTIAL
British Airways.
The offer is to be put to the
Scandinavians this month.
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20. The Scandinavians want more than a single
service and may turn the offer down. If so we can
make it known in Hong Kong that we offered what
they wanted and were refused. But argument with the
Scandinavians is perhaps more likely to turn on the
amount of compensation, on which it will be less easy
to carry Hong Kong with us.
a minimum of £75,000. Thi
comparison with our overall
British Airways propose
relatively small in
nterests in Hong Kong and
I do not believe it should be a sticking point.
21.
Provided we can be flexible on this point, it
should be possible to reach agreement in time for this
to be announced before or during the Prime Minister's
visit. I consider that we should aim for this.
REGISTER OF SHIPPING
22.
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The DTI have been discussing for some time be
possibility of a separate Register for Hong Kong, which
would enable Hong Kong owners to transfer severel
million tons to Hong Kong from flag-of-convenience
countries. A DTI team is at present in Hong Kong and
Japan dealing with questions of manning and safety
standards. Again it would have a marked effect if
agreement could be announced during the January vid
But this will not be easy to the team will not abo
to the UK until just before Christmas and the DTT wil! then have to assess the response from the Hong K
shipowners.
MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM
23. A rather different question, in which we are
/the demandeurs.
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