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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1987
REMEMBER THE KNOWLEDGE OF
HE SAID THEY WOULD IN FUTURE YEARS HAVE CAUSE TO SEA SCHOOL WHICH HAD GIVEN THEM SUCH A GOOD BASIC SEAMANSHIP AND STAMINA AND HAD TAUGHT THEM ALL THE NEED FOR DISCIPLINE, AND, IN PARTICULAR, FOR SELF-DISCIPLINE.
"ALL OF THIS HAS EQUIPPED YOU TO BE WHERE YOU ARE TODAY, ON THE THRESHOLD OF CAREERS IN THE MERCHANT NAVY, HE ADDED.
MR HIGGINSON SAID THEY HAD DONE WELL IN THEIR CHOICE OF A
FINE
CAREER.
"YOUR MINDS WILL BE BROADENED AND YOUR INTERESTS WIDENED AS YOU VISIT DISTANT LANDS, SEE STRANGE SIGHTS AND MEET PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND DIFFERENT CULTURES, HE SAID.
MR HIGGINSON ALSO TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT IF THEY WERE AMBITIOUS, THEY WOULD HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THEMSELVES.
HE NOTED THAT SOME OF THEIR PREDECESSORS HAD GONE ON TO BECOME SHIPS' OFFICERS, SHIPMASTERS AND HARBOUR PILOTS AND THREE EX-SEA SCHOOL STUDENTS NOW SERVED AS PROFESSIONAL MARINE OFFICERS IN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
MR HIGGINSON SAID THEY SHOULD VIEW THEIR FUTURE WITH COMPLETE
OPTIMISM.
"YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SAILING IN BIGGER, SAFER AND TECHNICALLY MORE SOPHISTICATED SHIPS THAN YOUR PREDECESSORS.
"YOU WILL BE WITNESSING THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE IN EVERY GROWTH INDUSTRY, AND SEE THE ALTERATIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LARGE PORTS OF THE WORLD IN ORDER TO SERVE THE GIANT AND SPECIALISED SHIPS OF THE FUTURE.'
THE INDUSTRY, MR HIGGINSON SAID, WOULD OFFER UNEQUALLED OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT.
"THE REWARDS WILL GO ΤΟ THOSE WHO ARE BEST TRAINED, MOST COMPETENT, WELL DISCIPLINED AND WHO CAN SUCCESSFULLY DEMANDS OF A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT," HE ADDED.
ADAPT ΤΟ THE
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