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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994
SEAFARERS BILL TO BE INTRODUCED
* * *
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS} BILL, LOCALISING THE CURRENT UNITED KINGDOM
WHICH AIMS AT ΤΟ ENACTMENTS RELATING THIS FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 18), ACTING OF MARINE (SHIPPING), MR MATHAI VARGHESE, SAID
WILL BE GAZETTED DIRECTOR
SEAFARERS, ASSISTANT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IT WILL ALSO CONSOLIDATE ALL SEAFARERS UNDER ONE ORDINANCE.
LEGISLATION
APPLICABLE
TO
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RATIONALISE AND MODERNISE THE LEGISLATION, SOME OF WHICH DATE BACK TO 1894.
THE BILL PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LAWS RELATING TO SUPPLY, SELECTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF SEAFARERS.
THE
IT
REGULATE WILL
CERTIFICATION SEAFARERS AND WILL PRESCRIBE STANDARDS OF SAFETY, HEALTH, WELFARE HOURS OF WORK ON BOARD HONG KONG SHIPS.
THE QUALIFICATIONS
AND
OF
AND
"THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WILL ENSURE THAT THE LAW OF HONG KONG CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT, AS AT PRESENT, THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED ON US THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS WHICH APPLY TO HONG VARGHESE SAID.
KONG,"
MR
HAS
WITH
THE
THE DRAFTING OF THE BILL AND ITS 28 SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS TAKEN SOME TIME. EXTENSIVE CONSULTATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT THE DRAFTING PROCESS.
THE
FOR PROPOSALS
OF THE LAWS RELATING BEEN. AGREED BY THE CHINESE SIDE SEAFARERS HAS ALSO LIAISON GROUP IN JUNE THIS YEAR.
LOCALISATION
TO
OF
THE
JOINT
"THE
IT WILL PROVIDE
BILL ENSURES CONTINUITY OF THE EXISTING SYSTEMS RELATING CERTAINTY TO THE EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS OF SEAFARERS. FOR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY AND HELP MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S POSITION AS LEADING MARITIME AND SHIPPING CENTRE, MR VARGHESE SAID.
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MORE EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT PROCEDURES
UNDER BUILDINGS ORDINANCE
THE
OF
THE GOVERNMENT IS ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY PROCEDURES UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE WITH AMENDMENT
LEGISLATION.
THE AMENDMENT LEGISLATION, COMPRISING THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT}
(APPEAL) REGULATION AND THE ORDINANCE 1994, THE BUILDING
(NO. 3) REGULATION
(ADMINISTRATION)
{ AMENDMENT)
OPERATION TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BUILDING
CAME 1994,
INTO
/THE PROCEDURES