TNAG-0510-FCO40-575-Registration-of-merchant-shipping-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 51

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TW Aston Esq

Senior British Trade Commissioner

British Trade Commission in ·

Hong Kong

PO Box No 528

Hong Kong

Department of Trade

Sunley House, 90-93 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LP

Telephone: 01-405 6911 Ext 461

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51

22 March 1974

28 MAR 1974

Gear Acton,

HONG KONG REGISTER OF SHIPPING

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Leslie Standen left this Branch in January to move to another post in Marine Division and I am standing in for him pending the arrival of Stephen Burbridge, his permanent successor, on 1 April. It therefore Yails

to me to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of 13 March,

I am grateful to you for sending us the full text of Mr Pao's speech to the Institute of Marine Engineers Annual Dinner. Although we had seen reports of this speech in the Technical Press I do not think we had previously seen the full text. As you will realise, progress towards a decision on the setting up of a Hong Kong Register has been delayed somewhat by the General Election and change of Government. We shall, however, be making a submission to new Ministers within the next week or so. In reply to your last paragraph, I understand that provisional arrangements were made for Mr Pao to meet DTI Ministers whilst he was in London but that these had to be cancelled because of the General Election.

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I am copying this letter, as you did yours, to Stuart in the FCO and Miss Lackey in CRE2.

Yours sincerely,

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EWG Wilkins

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