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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1988

STARTING ON TUESDAY (JUNE 7). CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT COLLECT THE QUESTIONNAIRES, NECESSARY.

INTERVIEWING OFFICERS OF THE

WILL VISIT THE OWNER-MANAGERS ΤΟ AND ASSIST IN COMPLETING THEM IF

"OWNER-MANAGERS

ARE URGED ΤΟ CO-OPERATE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING BACKGROUND, THEIR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, THEIR COMPANIES' MANPOWER PLANNING PRACTICES AND TRAINING RESOURCES AND SO ON," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARY WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES OR OWNER-MANAGERS.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED то THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8235075.

FREE DISPOSAL SERVICE FOR UNWANTED BOATS

FOR

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY INTRODUCED A FREE SERVICE THE DISPOSAL OF DILAPIDATED OR UNWANTED VESSELS, INCLUDING PLEASURE VESSELS, WHICH ARE OF LESS THAN 30 METRES IN LENGTH.

OWNERS OR LICENSEES OF SUCH VESSELS, WHO WISH то SURRENDER THEIR BOATS TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR DESTRUCTION BEFORE THE CANCELLATION OF LICENCES, SHOULD APPROACH THE NEAREST MARINE OFFICE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGMENTS.

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'AN OWNER OR LICENSEE WOULD BE REQUIRED ΤΟ SIGN A SURRENDER CERTIFICATE, SENIOR MARINE OFFICER, MR P.R. CHENG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY)

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"IN DOING SO, HE WOULD STATE THAT HE WAS SURRENDERING HIS VESSEL VOLUNTARILY AND THAT HE WOULD NOT HOLD GOVERNMENT LIABLE NOR CLAIM COMPENSATION FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS BOAT.

"ONCE THESE PROCEDURES HAD BEEN COMPLETED, THE VESSEL WOULD RECEIVED BY THE LOCAL MARINE OFFICE.'

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MR CHENG POINT OUT THAT THE NEW SERVICE WAS ONLY ONE OF THRED METHODS RECENTLY DRAWN UP BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A GUIDELINE ΤΟ ADVISE OWNERS OF LOCAL CRAFT ON HOW TO DISPOSE OF THEIR UNWANTED VESSELS BEFORE THE CANCELLATION OF VESSEL LICENCES.

/THE GUIDELINE,