the Director of Marine could choose a longer period
say one year if he so wished.
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"Short term" might
in fact, therefore, be a much longer arrangement than
Mr Pao anticipates and, as such, might be more
acceptable to him than the tone of his letter
suggests.
5. In setting the period of exemption, the
Director of Marine could not, of course, commit
himself in advance or by blanket agreement.
Understandably, Mr Pao would like advance assurances
but, as each application must be treated on its own
merit, (eg relating deck officers to the type of
ship, bridge equipment and cargo etc and engineer
officers to engines and machinery), all the
Director of Marine could promise is that, if the
circumstances were right, he would be prepared to
give exemptions up to "X" number of months.
this particular point it seems to me that Hong Kong
and the Director of Marine in particular have shown
considerable trust and goodwill in trying to meet
Mr Pao's requests and it would not seem unreasonable
to expect a modicum of reciprocity in this respect.
(ii) "if there are problems whereby
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Hong Kong legislation affecting such
matters are only effective and
enforceable within Hong Kong then a
system would have to be found
whereby the Hong Kong manning and
kindred regulations have a more
definite recognition in other parts.
of the Commonwealth".
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