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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1975
TALKS ON H.K. SHIPPING REGISTER CONTINUE
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DISCUSSIONS ARE CONTINUING WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE CONDITIONS FOR SHIPPING REGISTRATION CAN BE MADE MORE FLEXIBLE IN CERTAIN RESPECTS TO REFLECT THE DIFFERENT SITUATION IN HONG KONG AS COMPARED WITH THE U.K., WHILE MAINTAINING THE ESSENTIAL STANDARDS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. JAMES WU WHO WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRESENT POSITION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER.
MR. HADDON-CAVE NOTED THAT HONG KONG, ALREADY MAINTAINS A
IT WAS THE REGISTER OF SHIPPING AS A BRITISH PORT OF REGISTRY. AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, TO PERSUADE MORE HONG KONG
- SHIPOWNERS TO REGISTER THEIR SHJPS IN HONG KONG RATHER THAN UNDER FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE.
DISCUSSIONS WERE CONTINUING ON VARIOUS ISSUES WHICH IT WAS NECESSARY TO RESOLVE BEFORE AGREEMENT COULD DE REACHED ON THE NEW CONDITIONS TO BE APPLIED. THERE WERE TWO MAIN ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS.
THE FIRST, HE EXPLAINED, WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF EXAMINATIONS WHICH MIGHT BE INTRODUCED TO TEST SERVING OFFICERS ON HONG KONG OWNED SHIPS WHO WERE HOLDING FOREIGN CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY IN ORDER TO QUALIFY THEM TO SERVE ON SHIPS REGISTERED IN HONG KONG.
THE SECOND ISSUE CONCERNED THE PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL OF CERTAIN TYPES OF SHIPS EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, MAINLY SAFETY EQUIPMENT, ON SHIPS BUILT FOR HONG KONG OWNERS.
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