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OF 101800Z JANUARY 86
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YOUR TELNOS SHIP 1 AND 2 TO DTP: HONG KONG REGISTER OF SHIPPING:
PROPOSED PAPER
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FCO AND DTP OFFICIALS MET ON 10 JANUARY TO DISCUSS YOUR
PROPOSAL PAPER AS REVISED BY FIRST TUR AND IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR
ARGUMENTS IN SECOND TUR. THE DTP SIDE BEGAN BY SAYING THAT THEY
HAD CONSIDERED THE POSITION SO FAR REACHED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS,
AND HAD DECIDED THAT THEY NEED TAKE NO FURTHER DIRECT INTEREST IN
THE ARRANGEMENTS BEING INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THEIR DEPARTMENT'S (AND HMG'S) CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR SHIPPING MATTERS IN HONG KONG. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE
CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION, THEY WOULD AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE BE CONTENT TO TRUST THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES TO, FOR EXAMPLE,
ENSURE THAT HONG KONG REGISTERED SHIPS WERE SAFELY EQUIPPED AND PROPERLY MANNED, AND WOULD NOT REQUIRE TO SCRUTINISE TOO CLOSELY THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE IN HONG KONG TO THESE ENDS. THEY ADDED
THAT THIS VIEW WAS ALSO BASED ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT ADEQUATE
PROVISION FOR A 'REPRESENTATIVE PERSON' WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE
FINAL PROPOSALS.
2.
THE DTP DID, HOWEVER, DRAW TO OUR ATTENTION SOME DIFFICULTIES THEY SAW IN YOUR REVISED OWNERSHIP CRITERIA. THEY
WONDER WHETHER THE SYSTEM AS AT PRESENT FORMULATED, WHICH IS
MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS, WOULD BE
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