i am not here to take sides and actually did a search to find some answers. perhaps this article will clear some matters:
quoted from the hk standard:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> the team from the Economic Development and Labour Bureau insisted the European Commission give its blessing to the agreement before it was implemented. </font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Hong Kong negotiations have made clear that the respective Virgin and Cathay flights and other concessions agreed in the talks are a package. As such, if the commission objects to the Cathay services between London and New York and no solution is found then the UK-Hong Kong agreement will be scrapped. </font>
here is the link:
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/thesta...139&intcatid=1
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