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BE WORKING
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989
"THE PHA WILL
OUT
THE
PRINCIPAL OFFICERS WITH A VIEW TO FILLING RECRUITMENT BY EARLY 1990.
SALARIES
FOR THE
THREE THE THREE POSTS BY OPEN
OF
IN THE "HAVING REGARD TO HIS HIGHER LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITIES
SYSTEM, HOSPITAL
THE DIRECTOR OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC
OFFICERS, OPERATIONS WOULD BE MADE THE SENIOR OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE MANAGE "HE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT GENERAL.
HOSPITAL SYSTEM LARGELY OFFICER AND THE SECRETARY
SEAGOING CAREER SHOULD BE MADE ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG THE SEAGOING CAREER HAS TO BE MADE ATTRACTIVE TO IF HONG KONG IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A VIABLE SHIPPING INDUSTRY
MR DERICK HALL. SAID THRIVING PORT, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, (FRIDAY).
PEOPLE AND A
TODAY
YOUNG PEOPLE MUST ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATES POSTS SUCH OF COMPETENCY WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR ADVANCEMENT TOWARDS AS MAST IR OR CHIEF ENGINEER, AS APPROPRIATE, MR HALL ADDED.
"IMPROVING THE IMAGE AND STATUS OF THESE POSTS IN THE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WOULD BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.
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EYES OF
HIS CAPACITY AS
BY
THE MARINE TO DISCUSS
JOINTLY SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION
MR HALL WAS DELIVERING AN OPENING ADDRESS IN CHAIRMAN OF
ONE-DAY SEMINAR A
SPONSORED
DEPARTMENT AND
HONG THE
KONG MARITIME RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING.
JUNIOR
THE WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED
OFFICERS WAS ON HITTING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY. THIS WOULD HAVE A "KNOCK-ON" EFFECT
RELY ON THE SENIOR OFFICER POSTS AND ULTIMATELY ON-SHORE JOBS WHICH
THIS SHORTAGE NEEDED SOURCE OF QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED SEAFARERS. TO BE CORRECTED "AS A MATTER OF URGENCY". HE SAID.
WHO "THE OFFICER SHORTAGE WILL BE PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THOSE
JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE PROMOTED ΤΟ ARE AT PRESENT SERVING AS
SENIOR SITUATION, WILL OFFICER POSTS AND, IF NOTHING IS DONE TO IMPROVE THE ESCALATE TO AFFECT THE SENIOR OFFICER RANKS AS WELL."
HALL SAID. AND
THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CONFINED TO HONG KONG, MR ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY WAS EXPERIENCING THE SHORTAGE OF JUNIOR OFFICERS, INCLUDING INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
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