MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1990
HK SHIPPING REGISTER TO KEEP UP HIGH STANDARDS
THE
UP
AND THE HIGH STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AT SEA
PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE SETTING OF HONG KONG'S OWN REGISTER OF SHIPPING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZE, SAID THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE ORIGIN OF THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A NEW AND AUTONOMOUS
LIES IN THE REGISTER OF SHIPPING FOR HONG KONG
SINO-BRITISH JOINT SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE HONG KONG REGION (SAR) SHALL MAINTAIN ITS PREVIOUS
OF SYSTEMS
SHIPPING MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION.
TO
TO CONTINUE
MAINTAIN A
THE SAR SHALL ALSO BE AUTHORISED SHIPPING REGISTER AND ISSUE CERTIFICATES UNDER ITS OWN LEGISLATION.
MR SZE TOLD A MEETING OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF INSURANCE BROKERS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHIPS, THEIR SURVEY, AND
USED ON PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR EQUIPMENT TO BE
KONG BOARD HONG REGISTERED SHIPS, WOULD BE STRICTLY IN
WITH ACCORDANCE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARDS.
* MR SZK HONG
"AN INTERESTING ASPECT IS THAT IN RESPECT OF MANNING, SAID. "THE PRINCIPLES REQUIRE THAT ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT IN
BY REFERENCES ONLY KONG SHIPS WILL BE DETERMINED
TO PROFESSIONAL AT LEAST EQUIVALENT TO QUALIFICATIONS HELD, WHICH ARE JUDGED TO BE THOSE ISSUED IN HONG KONG.
"THIS MEANS THAT NO NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS WILL BE SPECIFIED FOR THE MASTER OR ANY OF THE OFFICERS OR CREW.
NOT
MR SZE SAID REASONS FOR
INSISTING UPON ANY REQUIREMENT
RESIDENTIAL LINK THAT THERE SHOULD AT LEAST BE SOME SORT OF
BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE CREWS OF HONG KONG REGISTERED SHIPS WERE THREE FOLD.
"FIRST, IN ORDER TO MEET OUR OBJECTIVES FOR TO TAKE OVER SMOOTHLY FROM THE OLD THERE SHOULD BE AS POSSIBLE.
THE NEW REGISTER AS LITTLE CHANGE
"TO INTRODUCE A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR NATIONALITY OR RESIDENT
BEARING IN MIND STATUS WHICH DOES NOT EXIST AT PRESENT,
THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MASTER AND OFFICERS TO BE BRITISH MUST BE REMOVED, WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THAT OBJECTIVE."
THIRD
OF ALL THE POST'S FILLED BY HONG
ANOTHER REASON WAS THAT MORE THAN A AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG REGISTERED SHIPS WERE ALREADY KONG SEAFARERS, MAKING COMPULSION UNNECESSARY, MR SZE SAID.
"AND THIRD, SINCE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED HONG KONG OFFICERS DEMAND NOW AND IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE IS INADEQUATE TO MEET THE
REGISTER WOULD FROM SHIPS PRESENTLY REGISTERED IN HONG KONG, THE NEW
BY
UPON RELYING EITHER START OFF IN AN UNSATISFACTORY WAY
LARGE
SIZE OF THE FLEET NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS OR THE
WOULD HAVE TO BE RESTRICTED TO MEET THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AVAILABLE.
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