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MERCHANT NAVY NEEDS NEW BLOOD TO REVIVE
AND QUALIFIED MANAGERS AND CREWING TRAINING BOARD OF
FOR WELL-TRAINED THERE IS A CONTINUING DEMAND HONG IONG SEAFARERS FROM HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS, AGENCIES, A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE MERCHANT NAVY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL REVEALED.
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND HONG KONG WILL REMAIN AN THE INDICATION THAT EVERY
AND WOULD CONTINUE TO
THE SURVEY FOUND THAT OWING TO ITS BEING A MAJOR ECONOMICAL CENTRE IN ASIA, THERE WAS SHIPPING CENTRE. IMPORTANT SHIPPING INDUSTRY HAD REGAINED ITS STABILITY REVIVE.
WERE 6,210 ACTIVE HONG KONG ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, THERE
AND SEAFARERS THIS
2,801 OFFICERS
3,409 RATINGS. YEAR INCLUDING
IN 1988, THE NUMBER OF COMPARED WITH THE RECORDED FIGURE OF 8,891
16.8 PER ACTIVE SEAFARERS HAD DECREASED AT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF CENT.
WAS ATTRIBUTED TO CONDITIONS OF BETTER ON BOARD SHIPS WERE
THIS DECLINE, THE TRAINING BOARD BELIEVED,
MORE THE AVAILABILITY OF
JOB OPENINGS WITH EMPLOYMENT ASHORE AND THE FACT THAT MANY POSTS FILLED BY CREWS FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
THE
ENTRANTS
TO
IN THE MEAN AGE OF HONG KONG MOREOVER, A CONTINUING RISE SEAFARERS WOULD HAVE A HINDERING EFFECT ON THE FURTHER REVIVAL OF SHIPPING INDUSTRY IF THERE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT YOUNG NEW JOIN THE MERCHANT NAVY.
THE TRAINING
BOARD
FORECAST THAT,
TOGETHER
WITH
THE
PORT
SOME
FORTHCOMING HONG KONG REGISTER OF SHIPPING AND THE MULTI-BILLION AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, THE INDUSTRY WOULD NEED AN ADDITION 340 OFFICERS AND 500 RATINGS ANNUALLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
CONSIDERED THAT THE TRAINING FACILITIES THE TRAINING BOARD
SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE PROVIDED IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL'S
MEET AND OTHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WERE ADEQUATE TO THE MANPOWER GROWTH.
AND
TRAINING RELATED THE GOVERNMENT HOWEVER,
INSTITUTIONS PROMOTING THE PROSPECTS OF SEA-GOING NEEDED TO STEP UP EFFORTS IN CAREER, SO AS TO ATTRACT MORE NEW-ENTRANTS TO JOIN THE INDUSTRY.
IS
NOW
FLOOR,
GPO
THE "1990 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE MERCHANT NAVY"
CENTRE, GROUND PUBLICATIONS
ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT
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