DSR 11C
After confitating
with the
Governer
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must Con state
categorically
What these
are not
justified.
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3.
Your letter goes on to make some very serious
allegations about the conduct of the Hong Kong Government.
I have not asked them to comment as I was not sure if
you intended your letter to be passed on. It does however
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seem to me entirely reasonable that the Hong Kong Government
should have views on the nature of the air services which
would best serve the interests of the territory as a whole
and it would hardly be satisfactory if these could not
be taken into account at some stage in the licensing pro-
cedure. The Hong Kong Government has no appellate
avoid involveme function which would require it to maintain impartiality]
until the case comes before it.
It can therefore quite
properly make representations to the Authority in the
course of a hearing. It should be noted that the
regulations do not provide any other way in which the Hong
Kong Government can makes its views know, ie there is
no power to issue directions or intervene on grounds of
public interest.
4.
The fact that the members of the Licensing Authority
are appointed by the Governor does not detract from its
independence.
that
So/there could be no doubt about this,
the Authority itself decided that one of its members
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ents gave Applicat should not sit on this particular inquiry because of his
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position in the Civil Aviation Department.
still expressed reservations about the impartiality of
the Authority, two of its members decided they should not
take any further part in the inquiry. I know of no
evidence to suggest that the Authority did not undertake
a very thorough review of the applications and consider
the evidence before it with an open mind.
the berry thery Government has been acting
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