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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1988
REGION IN THAT
SRO WITH 24
DEPARTMENT'S
MR HIGGINSON SAID HONG KONG WAS UNIQUE IN THE ITS SEAFARERS WERE PROCESSED THROUGH THE MARINE SERVE ON, CURRENTLY, SOME 760 FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS REGISTERED DIFFERENT FLAG STATES.
PROCEDURES "THESE
ENABLE
TO
EMPLOYMENT
A NOMINAL FOR SUCH
TO
OBTAIN SEAFARERS
THAN (OTHER OF PAYMENT
ANY CONSIDERATION WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL FEE) BY THE SEAFARER EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY EMPLOYMENT, AND PROVIDES FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR BOTH SHIPOWNERS IN SELECTION OF CREWS AND SEAFARERS IN THE SELECTION OF SHIPS.
THE
STANDARDISED
BY GOVERNED "CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ARK
SERVICE THAT ARE
WITH COMPATIBLE CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES AND TERMS OF
THE FLAG STATES BOTH HONG KONG LEGISLATION AND THE MARITIME LAWS OF CONCERNED, HE SAID.
THE CASE. HOWEVER, MR HIGGINSON SAID THAT HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN
AND
IN EXISTED MALPRACTICES HE TOLD THE MEETING THAT BOTH NEPOTISM
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEAMEN'S RECRUITMENT IN HONG KONG PRIOR TO THE
OF A RESULT MAY SET UP LN
1966 AS EVENTUALLY WAS SRO, WHICH RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE FIRST ASIAN MARITIME CONFERENCE OF THE ILO.
+
OF THE
MR HIGGINSON THEN OUTLINED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROLE SRO SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF ITS OF REPRESENTATIVES WHICH A CHANNEL THROUGH CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
AND THE
COULD CONSULT, SEAFARERS
GOVERNMENT SHIPOWNING EMPLOYERS,
THE EMPLOYMENT AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WELFARE OF SEAFARERS.
HAD ALSO PROGRESSED IN AND PRE-SEA TRAINING
HE SAID THIS TRIPARTITE CONSULTATION OTHER AREAS OF THE INDUSTRY SUCH AS IN-SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR SEAFARERS.
A NEW IN THIS CONTEXT, MR HIGGINSON NOTED THAT THE OPENING OF
HONG KONG AND PERMANENT SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
REQUIREMENT WOULD REPLACE THE TEMPORARY RATINGS' PRE-SEA TRAINING CENTRE.
STCW
то
"THE TRAINING WILL CONTINUE TO BE FREE OF CHARGE AND GEARED
AND WATCH-KEEPING) CERTIFICATION TRAINING (STANDARDS
OF REQUIREMENTS, HE ADDED.
"
MR HIGGINSON SAID MAJOR CHANGES HAD TAKEN PLACE
SRO AND ITS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE SINCE THE INTRODUCED IN 1966.
IN THE LOCAL WERE PROCEDURES
ORGANISATIONS "RESPONSIBLE
BOTH REPRESENTING
EMPLOYERS HAVE EVOLVED, AND SEAFARERS TODAY ARE BOTH
AND HAVE A MORE PREDECESSORS.
HEIGHTENED
SENSE OF
SEAFARERS AND BETTER EDUCATED
AWARENESS SOCIAL
THAN THEIR
"WITH THIS