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Shipping
(Conduct of
Inquiries)
Rules 1990 on 18 December
1990. A copy each of the Ordinance, the Regulations, and the
Rules have been passed to the Chinese side.
15.
A Validation Panel chaired by a Marine Department
official.comprising representatives of the Hong Kong Shipowners
Association, the Merchant Navy Officers Guild, the Hong Kong
Seamen's Union, the Hong Kong Polytechnic, the Joint Branch of
the Institute of Marine Engineers and the Royal Institution of
Naval Architects, the Nautical Institute, the Post Office and
the Marine Department was set up
set up in July 1990 to assess the
standards of certificates of competency issued by other
countries with a view to granting licences to the holders of
such certificates. The Panel has so far considered the
certificates of competency issued by the People's Republic of
China, South Korea, Liberia, France, Denmark, The Netherlands,
Norway and Taiwan.
16.
After meeting three times and visiting PRC, South
Korea and Taiwan, the Panel recommended acceptance of the
following certificates of competency for the purposes of
issuing Hong Kong licences
(a) Deck, engineer and radio certificates issued by
France, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway; and