FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1990
DO
AWAY
WITH
THE
FOR
ANY
OR A
REQUIREMENT DOES NOT THE ORDINANCE PARENTAL CONSENT FOR PERSONS AGED UNDER 21, BUT NOW PROVIDES THAT PERSON AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 21 WHO NEEDS THE CONSENT OF A PARENT
FOR PERMISSION TO GUARDIAN TO MARRY CAN APPLY TO THE DISTRICT COURT MARRY IF CONSENT IS WITHHELD.
ORDINANCE PROVISIONS) THE AGE OF MAJORITY (RELATED RECEIVED ITS THIRD READING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON MAY YEAR.
1990 16 THIS
0
IMO SECRETARY GENERAL SEES MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN HK
THE
INTERNATIONAL
OF THE
MARITIME HAD A MARINE
OF GENERAL THE SECRETARY
TODAY (FRIDAY) WILLIAM O'NEIL, (IMO), MR ORGANISATION FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE POLICIES, PLANS AND ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. ON THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG.
MR O'NEIL
"THE
SHIPPING INDUSTRY
SZE,
IS
OF
THAT MR SZE TOLD SUBSTANTIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE ECONOMY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG".
DEADWEIGHT
TONS OF SHIPPING IS OWNED SOME 65 MILLION MANAGED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AROUND 10 PER WORLD TONNAGE AND EXCEEDED ONLY BY JAPAN AND GREECE.
CENT OF
AND THE TOTAL
OF
SHIPPING WHICH
IS
HOWEVER, ONLY ABOUT SEVEN MILLION DEADWEIGHT TONS
KONG REGISTER IS ACTUALLY REGISTERED IN THE EXISTING HONG PART OF THE BRITISH REGISTER.
SETTING ENABLE
MR O'NEIL WAS BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT ON THE
REGISTER FOR HONG KONG TO UP OF A NEW AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING
CONTINUITY OF HONG KONG SHIPS ON THE REGISTER TO OPERATE UNDER THE
BEFORE 1997 AND LEGISLATION APPLICABLE UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION UNDER THAT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION THEREAFTER.
SHIPPING REGISTER THE DRAFTING OF THE LEGISLATION FOR THE NEW
KONG HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING REGISTER FOR HONG IS EXPECTED TO BE LAUNCHED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT MR O'NEIL BEGAN HIS DAY-LONG VISIT
HOW HEADQUARTERS IN HARBOUR BUILDING, CENTRAL WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON
SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF HONG KONG IS GIVING EFFECT TO VARIOUS IMO ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONVENTIONS.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR SZE, MR O'NEIL THEN PROCEEDED ON AT ΤΑΙ LAM CHUNG HAU" TO THE SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE TRAINING COURSES FOR HONG KONG'S SERVING SEAFARERS.
BOARD "TIN то INSPECT
/MR O'NEIL