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SENTENCE QUOTE SINCE THE SHIPPING LEGISLATION TO BE

LOCALISED IN HONG KONG WILL BE BASED INITIALLY ON UK

LEGISLATION IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT AN UNDERSTANDING BE

ACQUIRED OF HOW THIS LEGISLATION IS FORMULATED BY THE UK

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT UNQUOTE. AMEND END OF FINAL

SENTENCE AFTER QUOTE HITHERTO UNQUOTE TO READ QUOTE AS AN

ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE IMO IN THE WORK OF THE ORGANISATION, WHICH HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON UNQUOTE.

YOUR PARA 4: ADD NEW PENULTIMATE SENTENCE QUOTE AS A MAJOR SHIPPING CENTRE, HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A USEFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PREPARATION OF THESE CONVENTIONS UNQUOTE.

YOUR PARA 5: WE SUGGEST YOU DELETE LAST 5 WORDS OF FIRST SENTENCE, AND REFER TO CHAN'S NATIONALITY

STATUS UNLESS ASKED DIRECTLY ABOUT IT BY

THE CHINESE. FOR CLARITY IN SECOND SENTENCE ADD QUOTE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE AFTER QUOTE HK UNQUOTE. ADD NEW FINAL

SENTENCE QUOTE THE HKG DOES NOT WISH TO ESTABLISH A

PERMANENT MISSION TO THE IMO UNQUOTE.

IT IS POSSIBLE THE CHINESE MAY ASK ABOUT POST-1997 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HKSAR'S IMO REPRESENTATIVE. IF SO, WE SUGGEST YOU RESPOND TO QUERIES ON FOLLOWING LINES: QUOTE THE UKG WOULD, OF COURSE OBSERVE THE TERMS OF ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE IMO IN RESPECT OF ANY HKSAR REPRESENTATION TO THE IMO IN LONDON AFTER 1997 UNQUOTE.

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