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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE IN 1972,

NO HANGE IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE, HE SAID.

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THERE HAD BREN

PRIVATE TO

SECTOR

PROVIDE

MEMBERSHIP ΤΟ GROUPINGS WHICH HAD TECHNICAL THE NECESSARY

THEREFORE, THE BILL PROPOSED VARIOUS CHANGES IN

CATER FOR THE INTERESTS OF NEW

RECENT

AND YEARS EMERGED IN SUPPORT TO THE COMMITTER.

"AS A RESULT OF SUCH CHANGES, MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE BE INCREASED FROM 11 TO 13," HE CONTINUED.

WILL

PILOTAGE ORDINANCE, HR SAID TURNING TO THE OPERATION OF THE THE BILL WOULD SEEK IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO RESPECTS.

APPRENTICE

THE

FIRST, IT WOULD REMOVE THE PRESENT NEED FOR CERTAIN PILOTS TO UNDERGO TWO SEPARATE MEDICAL TESTS DURING THE COURSE OF YEAR.

FROM SECOND, IT WOULD EXEMPT CERTAIN TYPES OF HAMPERED VESSELS

WHERE THESE VESSELS WERK THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPULSORY PILOTAGE,

WHO COULD REASONABLY

UNDER THE CONTROL OF LOCALLY CERTIFICATED CREW BE EXPECTED TO BB FAMILIAR WITH HONG KONG WATERS.

PASS

UNDER THE EXISTING TWO

TESTS MEDICAL

REQUIREMENT,

DURING

AN

THE AND THE

PILOT APPRENTICE

APPLICATION INITIAL

SUBSEQUENT ISSUR

SHOULD FOR OF

REGISTRATION OF HIS APPRENTICESHIP

PILOT'S LICENCE AFTER ITS COMPLETION NORMALLY IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS.

SHORT

TIME

SPAN

THE ..TO ACCOUNT "TAKING MEDICAL TESTS, THE LATTER REQUIREMENT IS CONSIDERED NENDICK SAID.

TWO BETWEEN THE UNNECESSARY, MR

Π

SECOND MEDICAL HAD, WITHIN THE

IT WAS THEREFORE PROPOSED TO DISPENSE WITH THE TEST WHERE AN APPRENTICE PILOT COULD PROVE THAT PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS, PASSED A SIMILAR ONE.

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OF DIRECTOR

MEDICAL AND

THE BILL ALSO SOUGHT TO EMPOWER THE HEALTH SERVICES TO SET FEES FOR THOSE MEDICAL TESTS IN THE SAME WAY AS HE CURRENTLY SET FEES FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION BOARD.

FROM

THAT SUBJECT

AS FOR THE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF HAMPERED VESSELS COMPULSORY PILOTAGE, MR NENDICK SAID THE PRESENT REQUIREMENT WAS HAMPERED VESSELS OF 300 GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE OR OVER WERE TO COMPULSORY PILOTAGE.

FOR LOCAL PORT CONTROL

VESSELS LICENSED UNDER PART IV

OR ORDINANCE OR TO HYDROFOILS KONG-MACAU RUN SHOULD BE WAIVED.

HOWEVER, THE BILL PROPOSED THAT COMPULSORY PILOTAGE

OF THE SHIPPING AND

FOR ON, JETFOIL

EXAMPLE,

THE HONG

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