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(D)
YES. THIS PROVISION WAS INSERTED ESSENTIALLY TO COVER
TAIWANESE WHO HAVE SERVED EFFICIENTLY FOR LONG PERIODS ON
HONG KONG OWNED SHIPS, IT WILL NOT REALLY APPLY TO KOREANS
OR NATIONALS OF THE PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA OTHER THAN
HONG KONG BELONGERS. WE DO NOT ENVISAGE ANY PROBLEMS OVER
MARINE COURTS AND SECURITY.
YES.
(E) NO.
(F)
WE WOULD WANT TO BE GIVEN CONTROL OVER ITEMS OF SAFETY EQUIP-
MENT AND MATERIALS FOR HONG KONG REGISTERED SHIPS BUT
WOULD NOT ENVISAGE ANY DIFFICULTY IN APPLYING UK RULES TO U K
REGISTERED SHIPS ON BEHALF OF TH E D T I.
(G) PRESENT STANDARDS WOULD APPLY.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING UP TO 20 MILLION D.W, TONS JOINING A
HONG KONG REGISTER AND EXTRA BUSINESS WOULD ACCRUE FROM THIS.
ON YOUR LAST PARAGRAPH, CONTACTS WITH OUR SHIPPING INDUSTRY
HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN ANY
INTERIM MEASURES OR STAGED INTRODUCTION OF OUR PROPOSALS.
RATHER,
THE IMPRESSION THEY CONVEY IS THAT OUR PROPOSALS WOULD HAVE
TO BE INTRODUCED IN TOTO BEFORE THEY WOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A HONG
KONG REGISTER.
5. FINALLY, IT WOULD HELP US IN PREPARING FOR THE TALKS IN LONDON IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE A LIST OF WHAT YOU NOW SEE AS THE MOST
DIFFICULT POINTS AT ISSUE FROM YOUR STANDPOINT.
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LONDON, W 1.
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