GRS 320
IMMEDIATE
DESKBY FCO 251200Z
CONFIDENTI AL
HKK 18+/3
RATIONARY NO. 41
DESKBY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) 251200Z 28 NOV 1977
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FM BHC KUALA LUMPUR 250945Z
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY FCO AND HONG KONG 251200Z
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 324 OF 25 NOVEMBER 1977
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
UK/MALAYSIA CIVIL AVIATION
1. DURING CONVERSATIONS WITH MALAYSIAN MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON 24 NOVEMBER ROGERS RAISED THREE POINTS AFFECTING OUR GENERAL CIVIL AVIATION RELATIONS.
2. ROGERS DREW ATTENTION TO CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES OVER MAS REBATING
PRACTICES WHICH UNDERCUT EVEN OAA YIELD IMPROVEMNET FARES.
HE INSTANCED ADMITTAL BY MAS REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETING ON 23 NOVEMBER WITH OLSEN (CPA REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE) OF REBATES OF BETWEEN TWENTY PER CENT AND THIRTY PER CENT ON KOTA KINABALU/HONG KONG ROUTE. MINISTER EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT MAS COULD STILL BE RABATING AFTER SEVERAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CONSEQUENT ACTION TAKEN BY
HIS
OFFICIALS IN THIS MATTER BUT PROMISED TO LOOK AT QUESTION AGAIN. IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT ANY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT WILL FOLLOW BUT MINISTER DID RECOGNISE THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR US TO HELP HIM AGAINST BACKGROUND OF CONSTANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT MAS REBATING AND HE MAY THEREFORE SEE IT AS IN HIS OWN INTEREST TO IMPROVE CURRENT
PRACTICES.
3. ROGERS SUMMARISED WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE SINCE CPA APPLIED FOR A KOTA KINABALU/HONG KONG EXTRA SECTOR ON 29 AUGUST TO CARRY PEAK HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN MID-NOVEMBER: AND SAID MALAYSIAN OBSTRUCTIONS WHICH HAD LED TO MAS EVENTUALLY SECURING THIS TRAFFIC WAS THE MORE IRRITATING IN THAT, WHILE CPA WAS ENTITILED TO THREE (NOW FOUR) SCHEDULED FREQUENCIES ON THAT SECTOR, THEY ONLY OPERATED TWO
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