FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1982
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CHINESE RIVER TRADE CERTIFICATE HOLDER ALLOWED EMPLOYMENT ON BRITISH SHIPS ON RIVER TRADE VOYAGES
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CHINESE RESIDENTS WHO HOLD RIVER TRADE CERTIFICATES QUALIFYING THEM AS MASTER, CHIEF OFFICER OR CHIEF ENGINEER WILL NOT BE DEBARRED FROM OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT ON BRITISH SHIPS ON RIVER TRADE VOYAGES.
AN AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED TO THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (ALIENS EMPLOYMENT) ORDINANCE TO EXCLUDE CHINESE RESIDENT SEAMEN FROM
A PROHIBITION AGAINST EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS ON BRITISH SHIPS OF OVER 60 NET REGISTERED TONNAGE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT CHINESE RESIDENTS CAN AT PRESENT SIT FOR EXAMINATIONS IN HONG KONG LEADING TO THE RIVER TRADE CERTIFICATES.
LIFTING OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITION WILL ENABLE OWNERS OF SHIPS IN THE RIVER TRADE TO HAVE A WIDER CHOICE OF QUALIFIED PERSONS FOR SENIOR POSTS ON THEIR SHIPS AND ENABLE CHINESE RESIDENT SEAMEN TO IMPROVE THE IR CAREER PROSPECTS.
SHAM SHUI PO DB MEMBERS TOUR SHA TIN
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FOURTEEN MEMBERS OF THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD PAID A HALF-DAY VISIT TO SHA TIN TODAY (FRIDAY) TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DENSELY POPULATED URBAN DISTRICT AND A FAST DEVELOPING NEW TOWN.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR AUGUSTINE CHENG, THE MEMBERS FIRST WENT TO A VANTAGE POINT FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW AND A BRIEFING ON THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN WHICH IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE 870 000 PEOPLE IN 1990.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO TSOK POK HANG VILLAGE AND FUI YUI HA VILLAGE WHERE THE VILLAGERS HAVE BEEN REHOUSED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POK HANG PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
AT TSANG TAI UK, THE BEST PRESERVED WALLED VILLAGE IN HONG KONG, THE DB MEMBERS TALKED TO SOME INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS OF SHA TIN AND WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE.
THE GROUP LATER VISITED DIFFERENT KINDS OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT, NAMELY THE YUEN CHAU KOK TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME SHUI WO COURT AND WO CHE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.
DR HASE TOLD THE VISITORS THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED TO ACCOMMODATE 60 PER CENT OF THE SHA TIN POPULATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES BY THE END OF THE DECADE.
THE PARTY ALSO TOURED THE FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE +TZE TONG+ IN TAI WAI.
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