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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 251 OF 10 FEBRUARY

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WORKING PAPER ON SHIPPING

1.

IN DISCUSSING THIS WORKING PAPER WITH EXCO YOU MAY DRAW IN

GENERAL TERMS ON THE CONFIDENTIAL NOTE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

OF SPEARATE DT REGISTERS, PREPARED SPECIALLY BY

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IN PARAGRAPH 3 BELOW. IT SHOULD NOT REPEAT NOT BE CIRCULATED, AS THESE PROPOSALS HAVE NOT YET

BEEN FINALLY AGREED BY MINISTERS (ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS

ARE ENVISAGED).

2. ON TIMING, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GET A PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME FOR 1984/85. THEY EXPECT THE PROPOSALS TO BE INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER 1984 AND TO

COME INTO FORCE BY THE END OF 1985. THE FORMAL CONSULTATIVE

DOCUMENT, WHICH IS STILL SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL APPROVAL, IS LIKELY TO ISSUE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND SHOULD REACH YOU IN

EARLY MARCH.

3. TEXT OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT'S CONFIDENTIAL GUIDANCE NOTE

IS AS FOLLOWS:

'REGISTRATION OF SHIPS: NEW REGIME

PROPOSALS TO BE PUBLISHED ON CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT BY END

FEBRUARY, SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL APPROVAL. FOR YOUR INFORMATION

ONLY THEY INCLUDE:

1. TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF BRITISH REGISTER LIMITED TO UK AND

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

2.

AS NOW, SHIPS TO BE WHOLLY OWNED BY QUALIFYING PERSONS, MORE NARROWLY DEFINED AS BRITISH CITIZENS, BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZENS, COMPANIES ESTABLISHED AND HAVING PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN UK OR DT. COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND

COMPANIES EXCLUDED.

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