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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1988

"ITS INCOME WILL COME FROM INITIAL

REGISTRATION FEES, SURVEY

FEES AND AN ANNUAL TONNAGE CHARGE ON EACH SHIP," SHE SAID.

"IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY IN DETAIL WHAT OUR CHARGES WILL BE BUT THEY SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE AND CERTAINLY ATTRACTIVE TO A SHIPOWNER WHO SEEKS TO KEEP HIS SHIPS UNDER A WELL-RESPECTED FLAG AND A COMPETENT MARITIME ADMINISTRATION,

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SHE ADDED.

AS REGARDS PROCEDURES, MRS CHAN SAID INTEGRAL REGISTER WOULD BE A PACKAGE OF MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT WAS CONDUCTED PROMPTLY AND EFFICIENTLY, AND TOOK ACCOUNT THE ADVANTAGES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS.

TO THE NEW REGISTRATION

OF SOME OF

MRS CHAN SAID ONE KEY FACTOR CONFIRMING HONG KONG'S POSITION AS AN IDEAL BASE FOR CONDUCTING SHIPPING OPERATIONS WAS THAT WE HAD AN ENVIABLE RANGE OF FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, INSURANCE AND SHIPPING SUPPORT SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS.

HONG KONG ALSO HAD ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST NATURAL HARBOURS AND

THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AND THE MOST EFFICIENT CONTAINER PORT.

IN ADDITION, SHE SAID, HONG HONG S UNIQUE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION MADE IT A NATURAL CHOICE FOR CONDUCTING TRADE WITHIN THE PACIFIC RIM, AND WITH CHINA IN PARTICULAR.

CRITERIA FOR RECRUITMENT OF JUDGES

THERE ARE THREE CRITERIA THAT SHOULD NORMALLY BE ADOPTED WHEN RECRUITING A JUDGE, NAMELY, COMPETENT WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW, JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT, AND UNBLEMISHED AND DIGNIFIED CONDUCT IN AND OUT OF COURT, THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

IF A PERSON PASSES THESE THREE TESTS, THEN WE SHALL HAVE IN HIM AS GOOD A JUDGE AS ANY THAT SOCIETY MAY HOPE TO SEE, SIR TI LIANG SAID WHEN ADDRESSING A ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG LUNCHEON.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE SAID THE AUTHORITY AND DIGNITY OF THE JUDGES WAS TIED INEXTRICABLY TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC WAS PREPARED TO TRUST THEM.

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JUDGES,

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THE ULTIMATE AND TRUE TEST IS ONE OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE

HE SAID.

"PUBLIC CONFIDENCE