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Thursday, December 13, 1973
ASIAN SHIPPERS TO DISCUSS COMMON PROBLEMS
Hong Kong will be taking part in a shipping conference in
Bangkok organised by ECAFE to study the problems of shippers in the region.
Representing Hong Kong will be Mrs. Susan Yuen, Honorary Secretary
of the Hong Kong Shippers' Council, and Mr. Paul K.C. Wong, Assistant
Director of Commerce and Industry (Commercial Relations).
The meeting will be held from December 17 to 19 and will be attended
by representatives of governments and shippers' organisations.
It will consider a plan of action to develop co-operation among
shippers at the national, sub-regional and regional levels. Consideration
will be given to the quality and frequency of shipping services available
to shippers and there will be an effort to determine whether they are suited
to the needs of the trade.
Special attention will be devoted to the relationships between
Shippers Councils (or other representatives of shippers) and Shipping
Conferences and ways will be explored of strengthening shipping bodies so
that they can meet Conferences on more equal terms.
This is the second meeting organised by the ECAFE to promote shipper
interests in the region. The first meeting resulted in the training course
to help in the establishment of Shippers' Councils which was hosted by the
Hong Kong Government last year.
Following this training course, a number of Shippers' Councils have
been formed and it is expected that these will be represented at the ECAFE
meeting.
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