CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2331
OF 16090OZ SEPTEMBER 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
INFO IMMEDIATE MOSCOW, BTC HONG KONG
(17
032257
MDADAN 8653
ADVANCE COPY
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TOKYO TELNO 623 TO FCO: HONG KONG/NORTHERN TERRITORIES.
TOKYO ARE CORRECT IN ASSUMING THERE ARE NO LEGAL CONSTRAINTS
OR REQUIREMENTS ON HONG KONG COMPANIES WHO WISH TO INVEST OVERSEAS. AS THE JAPANESE ARE WELL AWARE, THE HKG MEDDLES LESS IN THE AFFAIRS OF ITS BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD. THIS IS A SITUATION WHICH THE JAPANESE (BUSINESSMEN AT LEAST) NORMALLY FIND VERY SATISFACTORY.
2. WE HAVE FOUND OUT A LITTLE ABOUT CARLSON AND KAPLAN (HONG KONG) LIMITED FROM THE COMPANIES REGISTRY. THE COMPANY IS REGISTERED AS AN OVERSEAS COMPANY, WITH TWO (FEMALE) DIRECTORS, LI SIU KING AND AU WAI KWAN. BOTH LI AND AU ARE OF BRITISH NATIONALITY AND DECLARED TO BE SECRETARIES BY PROFESSION. THE NOMINAL SHARE CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY IS HK DOLLARS 10,000, AT DOLLAR 1 PER SHARE. AS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER 1989, ONLY TWO SHARES HAVE BEEN ISSUED, GIVING THE COMPANY A PAID-UP SHARE CAPITAL OF HK DOLLARS 2.
3. LI AND AU ARE MERELY FRONT NAMES, BUT SOMEONE (SEE PARA 5 BELOW) APPEARS TO BE SETTING NEW STANDARDS FOR WHAT YOU DESCRIBE AS HONG KONG'S 'COMMERCIAL CHUTZPAH'.
4. APART FROM THIS ONE RATHER EXTRAORDINARY DEAL, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF PARTICULAR HONG KONG PRIVATE SECTOR INTEREST IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES. WE HAVE HEARD NO/NO REPORTS OF SERIOUS COMPANIES PLANNING BUSINESS VENTURES THERE.
5. THE CONSULATE-GENERAL HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH US AND ARE PURSUING THIS CASE WITH GREAT ENERGY. KODAMA (FIRST SECRETARY, GENERAL AFFAIRS) TRACKED DOWN MISS LI WHO APPEARS TO WORK IN THE OFFICES OF A COMPANY CALLED AU AND ZYLEMAN LTD. FROM THERE HE LOCATED THE NEW ADDRESS OF CARLSON AND KAPLAN, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE RESIDENCE OF A MR.FRANCIS PAN. MRS.PAN EXPLAINED THAT HER HUSBAND WAS IN FACT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY. BUT HE IS
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