Record of a Meeting held at Government House
on Thursday, 13th December 1973
Proposed Hong Kong Shipping Register
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PRESENT:
H.E. the Governor (Sir Murray MacLehose)
Members of the D.T.I. Team:
Dr. J. Cowley
Mr. G.W. Thompson
Captain E.J. Anderson
Mr. J. Hunt
The Secretary for Economic Services (Mr. D.J.C. Jones)
The Director of Marine (Mr. A. Fletcher)
The Commissioner of Labour (Mr. I.R. Price)
The Private Secretary to H.E. the Governor (Mr.
J.C.C. Chan)
H.E. the Governor noted that the origin of the D.T.I.
visit was that an impasse had been reached. The D.T.I. would not
proceed further with a register of Hong Kong shipping without a
guarantee of the tonnage that would be on it; but before they
could give any guarantee as to tonnage Hong Kong shipowners needed
a clear idea of the accommodation, equipment and manning standards
which they would be required to meet. He wondered whether the
D.T.I. team were now in a position to indicate what these require-
ments were likely to be. Dr. Cowley said the team had explained to
Hong Kong shipowners what the D.T.I. requirements were and how these
differed from the shipowners' existing practice. The shipowners,
therefore, already had a good idea of the likely requirements for a
Hong Kong register, and the ball was now really in their court.
Fletcher pointed out that these requirements had yet to be
spelt out and itemised. In addition, Hong Kong shipowners would
need to know what the D.T.I. team's opinions were as regards the
extent to which the D.T.I. requirements should be applied.
Dr.
Mr.