FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1986
HE CONGRATULATED THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR PROVIDING THIS MEANINGFUL SERVICE TO WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY GIVEN ITS SUPPORT BY FULLY SUBVENTING THE SERVICE.
+THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE WORKERS BUT ALSO THE CO-OPERATION OF OTHER WELFARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN THE REHABILITATION OF THE UNFORTUNATE, SIR DAVID SAID.
+ABOVE ALL, THE GOODWILL AND SUPPORT OF THE EMPLOYERS ARE CENTRAL TO THE RUNNING OF THE SCHEME AND THE SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE TO OVERCOME AN UNDERSTANDABLE RELUCTANCE AND SUSPICION.+
SIR DAVID NOTED WITH PLEASURE THAT OVER 400 COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS HAD PARTICIPATED IN THIS SCHEME AND 10 OF THEM HAD PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
+ IT IS EVEN MORE ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT SOME OF THE EMPLOYERS NOT ONLY PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITIES BUT HAVE ALSO FACILITATED THE REHABILITATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS BY ACTIVE COUNSELLING AND ASSISTANCE, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID THE FINE EXAMPLE THEY HAD SET WOULD SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHERS. HE HOPED THAT MORE EMPLOYERS WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT.
MUCH WORK REQUIRED ON SHIP REGISTER
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JACOBS
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THERE WAS STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE TO FLESH OUT THE PRINCIPLES SO AS TO PUT THE NEW SHIPPING REGISTER ON A FOOTING ATTRACTIVE TO SHIPOWNERS, FREE FROM THE STIGMA OF BEING PERCEIVED AS A FLAG OF CONVENIENCE AND CONDUCIVE TO THE OVERALL PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG.
THIS WAS SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, TO THE HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION.
MR JACOBS SAID HONG KONG HAD MADE A GOOD START IN THE DRAFTING OF LOCAL LEGISLATION TO REPLACE THE EXISTING UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION WHICH, FOR THE MOST PART, EXTENDED TO HONG KONG ON MARITIME MATTERS.
+ BUT WE ARE NOW GETTING ON TO THOSE DIFFICULT AREAS WHERE A HIGHER DEGREE OF LIAISON BETWEEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE VARIOUS CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT AND WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION IS CALLED FOR.+ HE SAID.
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