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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) BILL INTRODUCED
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT} BILL 1990 INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OF THE
WAS INTRODUCED
SECRETARY FOR RECOMMENDATIONS SHIPPING WERE
READING MOVING THE SECOND
THE BILL, SAID THE ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON MRS ANSON CHAN,
HONG KONG REGISTER OF OF THE STEERING GROUP ON THE ADOPTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AS THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE OF THE NEW HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER IN JUNE.
ESTABLISHMENT
ΤΟ
TO
INTRODUCED "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) BILL 1990
ARRANGEMENTS THIS COUNCIL ON JULY 4 PROVIDES FOR THE NEW REGISTRATION BUT A NUMBER
LEGISLATIVE OF OTHER
ARE NECESSARY IMPLEMENT THE REMAINDER OF THE STEERING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
"SOME OF THESE
AMENDMENTS
CONTAINED IN THIS BILL AND
ΤΟ LEGISLATION
BE LAID
AMENDMENTS ARE SUBJECT OF SUBSIDIARY OTHERS WILL BE THE BEFORE THIS COUNCIL SHORTLY.
THE STEERING
GROUP WAS THAT TO SERVE IN SENIOR POSTS ON
MRS ANSON CHAN SAID.
"ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF FOREIGN SEAFARERS SHOULD BE LICENSED SHIPS REGISTERED ON THE NEW SHIPPING REGISTER,
AS A
MRS CHAN ALSO SAID AT PRESENT, MIGHT BE EMPLOYED AS MASTER, CHIEF OFFICER SHIP REGISTERED IN HONG KONG.
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GENERAL
RULE, NO ALIEN OR CHIEF ENGINEER OF A
"IN OTHER WORDS, THE MASTER AND HIS SENIOR OFFICERS MUST BE BRITISH NATIONALITY.
OF
IN "THE NEED TO ALLOW FOREIGN SEAFARERS TO SERVE
THESE POSTS IDENTIFIED AS LONG AGO AS ON HONG KONG SHIPS WAS
1986 WHEN THE SHIPPING REGISTER WERB GENERAL PRINCIPLES TO BE ADOPTED FOR THE NEW PUBLISHED.
"IT WAS
THE
CONTINUATION
OF
THE
OF
SEAFARERS
THAT ACCEPTED NATIONALITY RESTRICTION WOULD SERIOUSLY LIMIT THE GROWTH POTENTIAL THE NEW REGISTER AND THAT THERE WERE INSUFFICIENT HONG KONG TO FILL THESE POSTS.
H
"THIS REMAINS THE POSITION, SHE SAID.
MRS CHAN POINTED
OUT THAT
THE BILL THEREFORE ENABLED THE ΤΟ HOLDERS MAKING OF REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE OF LICENCES OF FOREIGN CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY TO ENABLE THEM TO SERVE ON KONG REGISTERED SHIPS.
HONG
"IT WILL CLEARLY BE IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPETENCE
TO MAN
KONG HONG
SHIPS IS UP TO FOREIGN SEAFARERS ALLOWED REQUIRED STANDARD.
OF
THE
"ACCORDINGLY, A VALIDATION PANEL HAS BEEN DIRECTOR OF MARINE TO EVALUATE THE STANDARD OF THE BY FOREIGN SEAFARERS.
ESTABLISHED BY THE CERTIFICATES HELD
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