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GRS 375
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FM HONG KONG @41005Z JAN. 79
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 32 OF 4 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON.
HKK 243 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY O. 51
· 5 JAN1979
DESK OF CER
INDEX
No Nivali
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Action
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE
BANGKOK, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
INFO SAVING HANOI.
417 HKK
DARK 243/1 (1972)
416) HRK
243/1 (1978)
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WASHINGTON TELNO 44 AND MY TELNO 1508 BOTH OF 31 DECEMBER
1978 : HUEY FONG.
1. POLICE ENQUIRIES INTO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE HUEY FONG (PARA 4 OF MY REFTEL) SHOW THAT, CONTRARY TO THE TAIWANESE BELIEF REFERRED TO IN PARA 1 OF WASHINGTON REFTEL, THE VESSEL IS NOT HONG KONG OWNED.
2. THE VESSEL WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE HONG KONG ISLANDS
SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED REGISTERED IN LIBERIA UNDER THE NAME
OF ''SEA SPEWAY'' (CHINESE NAME IS YUEN CHAU). ON 10TH JUNE 1977
SHE WAS SOLD TO ASEAN LINE S.A. REGISTERED IN PANAMA FOR US DOLLARS
362,500.
3. ON 20TH OCTOBER 1977, ASEAN LINE SOLD THE SHIP TO THE HUEY
FONG NAVIGATION COMPANY S.A. ALSO REGISTERED IN PANAMA FOR US DOLLARS 262,500. THE NAME OF THE SHIP WAS THEN CHANGED TO
''HUEY FONG.
4. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE PANAMANIAN CONSUL GENERAL SHOWS
THAT THE DIRECTOR PRESIDENT OF THE HUEY FONG NAVIGATION
COMPANY IS HSIUNG JEN CHUN WITH HSIUNG HAN CHIEN AS TREASURER AND
CHUNG SHU YU AS SECRETARY, HSTUNG AND CHUNG ARE ALSO DIRECTOR PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY RESPECTIVELY OF THE LIH FONG NAVIGATION
COMPANY WHOSE TREASURER IS LIU SHOU LEE. THE WHEREABOUTS OF LIU
AND THE ''LIH FONG'' ARE NOT KNOWN.
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