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(e) The SAR Government should be allowed to continue

to communicate directly with INMARSAT in the same

ways as the Hong Kong Government.

(f) Any such entity should be allowed to continue to

communicate directly with INMARSAT in all

matters, connected with the SAR's use of the

INMARSAT space segment, other than those matters

which are the reserved responsibility of the

Party or Signatory under the Convention and the

Operating Agreement.

(g) The Hong Kong SAR

telecommunications authority

should continue to act as a routing organization

for the purposes of submitting applications to

the Organization in respect of Hong Kong

registered ships, in accordance with Articles XIV

and XV of the Operating Agreement and previous

practice. If in future a similar procedure were

adopted by the Organization for the application

of approval of aircraft and land mobile earth

stations, the authority should similarly act as a

routing organization in respect of such

applications of the SAR.

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