Business as Usual After Deng’s Demise

by K.K. Chadha, Hong Kong

Shipping executives say the death of China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping last month will have little impact on the shipping industry in Hong Kong or China.

Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association director Michael Farlie said: “I don’t think it will have any impact on the industry in the short term.” He said the association, which had good relations with China’s Ministry of Communications, had no reason to believe the mainland’s supportive policy towards Hong Kong’s shipping industry would change.

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