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(b) about 10% of the world's deadweight
tonnage is owned by Hong Kong interests
(but is in the main registered elsewhere);
(c)
of some 80,000 registered Hong Kong
seafarers there is an operational 'pool'of
only 15,000 of whom only some 11,000
(7,000 ratings and 4,000 officers) are
actually active and at sea; most of these
are not employed on Hong Kong registered
vessels;
(a) the numbers of British certificated Hong
Kong officers actually serving at sea is
small in proportion to those qualified
because the qualifications are often
equally suitable for certain shore-based
jobs; and
(e)
demand for officer training for British certificate examinations is comparatively
small.