TNAG-1173-FCO40-1465-Future-of-Hong-Kong-special-study-by-FCO-for-the-Prime-Minis-1982 — Page 257

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FM HONG KONG 261057Z AUG 82

TO IMMEDIAE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 9420F 26 AUGUST

PERSONAL FOR CLIFT (HK GD)

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FOLLOWING ARE OUR COMMENTS ON ANNEX H (AIR SERVICES AND SHIPPING): PARAGRAPH 6 (3RD SENTENCE): AFTER THE WORD ''SHANGHAI*' THE WORDS AND PARTICULARLY CANTON AND FIVE OTHER.... PARAGRAPH 8 (1ST SENTENCE): AFTER THE WORDS RAPID GROWTH'' INSERT THE WORDS ''PARTICULARLY IN PASSENGERS''

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PARAGRAPH 8 (5TH SENTENCE): THE FIGURE OF 4 BILLION POUNDS STERLING INCLUDES OF COURSE, ALL NECESSARY ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT SUCH AS

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BRIDGE AND ROAD LINKS, HOUSING ETC. AFTER THE WORD ''RECOUPED'' IN THAT SENTENCE INSERT THE FOLLOWING WORDS LET ALONE THE FINANCE RAISED IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES**

PARAGRAPH 13 (LAST SENTENCE): AFTER THE WORDS CIVIL AVIATION RIGHTS SUBSTITUTE THE WORDS 'STEMMING FROM THE RIGHT TO CONTROL ACCESS TO HONG KONG **.

PARAGRAPH 2 (SHIPPING SECTION): EXTEND THE PHRASE IN BRACKETS

BY ADDING THE WORDS ''IN TERMS OF THROUGHPUT OF CONTAINERS)'' PARAGRAPH 3 (SHIPPING SECTION) (3RD SENTENCE): THE REFERENCE HERE IS, PRESUMABLY, TO VESSELS OPERATED BY HONG KONG FIRMS SUCH AS WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, THE C Y TUNG GROUP, WAH KWONG ETC. ABOUT 1000 VESSELS ARE INVOLVED, OF WHICH ABOUT 500 ARE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY THEM.

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Mr Rushford.

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