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YOUR TELNO 40 AND HONG KONG TELNO 350 TO FCO : SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES.
1. THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO BUILD UP SINGAPORE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES (SAI), WHO RECENTLY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO SINGAPORE AEROSPACE (SA), AS PART OF SINGAPORE'S CAMPAIGN TO BECOME THE REGIONAL HUB FOR AVIATION SERVICES. COMPETITION FOR TALENT AND SKILLS IN THE EXPANDING AVIATION INDUSTRY IS, OF COURSE, INTENSE, WITH AIRLINES AND AVIATION SUPPORT SERVICES FREQUENTLY POACHING PERSONNEL FROM COMPETITORS. (CATHAY PACIFIC THEMSELVES HAVE SOMETHING OF A REPUTATION FOR POACHING STAFF FROM OTHER AIRLINES.) IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SINGAPORE AEROSPACE APPEAR TO BE TARGETTING THEIR RECRUITMENT DRIVE SO HEAVILY ON HAECO BUT EFFORTS TO ATTRACT SKILLS AND TALENT FROM OVERSEAS GENERALLY HAVE STRONG GOVERNMENT BACKING HERE. FORMAL REPRESENTATIONS BY US ON HAECO'S BEHALF ARE THEREFORE LIKELY TO ACHIVE NOTHING.
2. MOREOVER, THE RELEVANT MFA OFFICIALS ARE STILL SMARTING FROM THE PRESSURE WE PUT ON THEM RECENTLY TO TAKE ACTION TO ENFORCE GULF SANCTIONS BY ACCEPTING SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSIT TRADE. THOSE OFFICIALS LOST FACE WHEN WE WENT OVER THEIR HEADS TO MINISTERS AFTER RECEIVING A NEGATIVE RESPONSE. THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO BE SYMPATHETIC TO SUGGESTIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INTERVENE IN THE OPERATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MARKET AND MIGHT WELL DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE REPORT IN TODAY'S ''STRAITS TIMES'' THAT THERE ARE THREE TIMES AS MANY SINGAPOREANS LIVING PERMANENTLY IN HONG KONG AS THERE
ARE HONG KONGERS LIVING IN SINGAPORE.
3. WE ARE THEREFORE RELUCTANT TO USE UP FURTHER GOODWILL BY MAKING FORMAL REPRESENTATIONS ON HAECO'S BEHALF BUT WILL FIND APPROPRIATE INFORMAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DRAW TO THE ATTENTION OF THE RELEVENT MFA AND COMMERCIAL CONTACTS THE DIFFICULTIES SINGAPORE AEROSPACE'S ACTIVITES ARE CAUSING FOR HAECO AND TO ENQUIRE ABOUT THE REACTION HERE TO THE LETTERS FROM THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF SWIRES.
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