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(ii)
(iii)
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the extent to which they are owned by PRC interests; and
increasingly attach to
the political sensitivity which will
the requisition of Hong Kong ships as 1997 approaches. (Since the Chinese regard Hong Kong as part of China, even in
advance of 1997, and Hong Kong BDTCs as Chinese nationals,
requisition of ships owned by such persons in Hong Kong could
well be regarded by Peking as requisition by the UK of
Chinese ships in Chinese territory).
The Home Office have recently informed us
that, in that, in the event
of emergency, special legislation which has been drafted to cover, inter alia, enhanced powers of requisition, would only be extended
to Hong Kong by Order in Council after consultation with us.
Earlier they had proposed automatic extension.
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