From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 24):
Chinese, PHL vessels going about their business in Scarborough Shoal
Seven Filipino fishing boats and three Chinese Coast Guard ships were
spotted in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal by
patrol units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Thursday.
The Philippines
fishing boats are able to carry out their business without any harassment from
the Chinese ships, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Voltaire
Gazmin said.
He added that
China has
yet to implement its policy requiring foreign vessels entering waters declared
part of
Hainan’s administrative maritime zone
to seek approval from Chinese authorities before going about their business.
This declaration took effect on Jan. 1.
Gazmin added that they have yet to confirm the authenticity of this edict as
the Chinese government is to comment on it officially.
"It only came out in one of their publications and that cannot be
considered official," he stressed.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=609228
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