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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1988

REGION IN THAT

SRO WITH 24

DEPARTMENT'S

MR HIGGINSON SAID HONG KONG WAS UNIQUE IN THE ITS SEAFARERS WERE PROCESSED THROUGH THE MARINE SERVE ON, CURRENTLY, SOME 760 FOREIGN-GOING SHIPS REGISTERED DIFFERENT FLAG STATES.

PROCEDURES "THESE

ENABLE

TO

EMPLOYMENT

A NOMINAL FOR SUCH

TO

OBTAIN SEAFARERS

THAN (OTHER OF PAYMENT

ANY CONSIDERATION WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL FEE) BY THE SEAFARER EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY EMPLOYMENT, AND PROVIDES FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR BOTH SHIPOWNERS IN SELECTION OF CREWS AND SEAFARERS IN THE SELECTION OF SHIPS.

THE

STANDARDISED

BY GOVERNED "CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ARK

SERVICE THAT ARE

WITH COMPATIBLE CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES AND TERMS OF

THE FLAG STATES BOTH HONG KONG LEGISLATION AND THE MARITIME LAWS OF CONCERNED, HE SAID.

THE CASE. HOWEVER, MR HIGGINSON SAID THAT HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN

AND

IN EXISTED MALPRACTICES HE TOLD THE MEETING THAT BOTH NEPOTISM

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SEAMEN'S RECRUITMENT IN HONG KONG PRIOR TO THE

OF A RESULT MAY SET UP LN

1966 AS EVENTUALLY WAS SRO, WHICH RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE FIRST ASIAN MARITIME CONFERENCE OF THE ILO.

+

OF THE

MR HIGGINSON THEN OUTLINED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROLE SRO SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF ITS OF REPRESENTATIVES WHICH A CHANNEL THROUGH CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

AND THE

COULD CONSULT, SEAFARERS

GOVERNMENT SHIPOWNING EMPLOYERS,

THE EMPLOYMENT AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WELFARE OF SEAFARERS.

HAD ALSO PROGRESSED IN AND PRE-SEA TRAINING

HE SAID THIS TRIPARTITE CONSULTATION OTHER AREAS OF THE INDUSTRY SUCH AS IN-SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR SEAFARERS.

A NEW IN THIS CONTEXT, MR HIGGINSON NOTED THAT THE OPENING OF

HONG KONG AND PERMANENT SEAMEN'S TRAINING CENTRE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL

REQUIREMENT WOULD REPLACE THE TEMPORARY RATINGS' PRE-SEA TRAINING CENTRE.

STCW

то

"THE TRAINING WILL CONTINUE TO BE FREE OF CHARGE AND GEARED

AND WATCH-KEEPING) CERTIFICATION TRAINING (STANDARDS

OF REQUIREMENTS, HE ADDED.

"

MR HIGGINSON SAID MAJOR CHANGES HAD TAKEN PLACE

SRO AND ITS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE SINCE THE INTRODUCED IN 1966.

IN THE LOCAL WERE PROCEDURES

ORGANISATIONS "RESPONSIBLE

BOTH REPRESENTING

EMPLOYERS HAVE EVOLVED, AND SEAFARERS TODAY ARE BOTH

AND HAVE A MORE PREDECESSORS.

HEIGHTENED

SENSE OF

SEAFARERS AND BETTER EDUCATED

AWARENESS SOCIAL

THAN THEIR

"WITH THIS