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The legal advice we received on this was quite straightforward. It is that although under Hong Kong's

separated air services agreements CPA is a "Hong Kong airline" not a UK carrier, as far as security obligations under the various international conventions are concerned it is the

UK and not Hong Kong which remains responsible as the Contracting Party to those conventions. The wording of the aviation security article in Hong Kong's air services agreements

was carefully chosen to reflect this fact and the localisation in Hong Kong of UK Orders giving effect to the relevant conventions will not change that situation. After 30 June 1997, the PRC will of course assume the relevant international rights and obligations in respect of Hong Kong and its carriers.

In the light of the above it seems to us that CPA should not be included in the list attached to the Security handbook. I would therefore be grateful if you could arrange for CPA to be deleted from it.

Yours sincerely,

(RJ Adcock )

for Director of Civil Aviation