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6.6.
Since many Hong Kong seamen, and a growing
number of officers, are already holders of certificates
of competency issued by various authorities in the
People's Republic of China it will be necessary to
examine these standards at an early stage.
6.7.
It was also put to us that we might consider
the acceptance of sub-standard certificates provided
certain periods of service had been compiled with. We
cannot accept this approach. Long service alone is no
guarantee of competence. Holders of such certificates
should only be accepted after suitable examination
following retraining if necessary.
6.8.
A number of other points were made following
publication of the CD. These included the extension of
delegation of the conduct of examinations to certain
educational institutes, problems associated with the
lack of Cantonese speaking examiners at certain levels
and the qualifications presently required for
examiners. All these points will be followed up
independently of this paper on the basis of the
following criteria: -