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SIR Y K PAO'S CHEVENING WEEKEND 15-16 MARCH 1986
VI.
HONG KONG: SHIPPING
!
Points to make
1.
Recognise
of importance
Hong Kong shipping
industry.
Agreement provides for
for a separate Hong Kong shipping register after 1997; Hong Kong Government consulted relevant Hong Kong interests about the mechanism for this, we put a paper to the Chinese about it
a
f ew weeks
JLGII.
ago, Too early
and this
was
to
assesS
discussed
Chinese
in
a
preliminary
no reactions:
more
way
than
at
a
"first reading" so far.
Next Stage
2.
complexity
of the subject will
need further
Because of the discussions with the Chinese. Hong Kong will consult further with Hong Kong Shipowners Association and other interested parties before
drafting new legislation.
place by the early 1990s.
Our aim is
n ew to have
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