FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1988
CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON LOCAL CRAFT REVIEW
DOCUMENT OUTLINING
OF A
PROPOSALS
LOCAL CRAFT WOULD S..JD TODAY
A CONSULTATIVE REVOLUTIONISED SYSTEM OF LICENSING AND CONTROL OF SOON BE RELEASED, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, (FRIDAY).
FINAL "PUBLIC VIEWS WILL THEN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE THE
MR HALL SAID AT THE FORM IS PUT TO GOVERNMENT FOR POLICY APPROVAL, LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON NORTH.
LAST YEAR MR HALL SAID THAT MUCH PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE SINCE
OF THE EXISTING LOCAL CRAFT WHEN THE DEPARTMENT STARTED A REVIEW SYSTEM WHICH HAD BASICALLY GROWN IN AN AD-HOC MANNER TO MEET IN CIRCUMSTANCES, RESULTING IN LOOPHOLES IN THE LAW AND ABUSE BY
OPERATORS.
EXERCISE AS: "A HE DESCRIBED THE PRESENT REVIEW
MODERN FORWARD IN PUTTING LOCAL CRAFT OPERATIONS ON A FOOTING".
MR HALL POINTED OUT THAT THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF SYSTEM WAS ONE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
SAFETY WAS
CHANGES
SOME
MAJOR
STEP AND EFFICIENT
THE PROPOSED
AND AND THE
NEVER ATTAINABLE HF EXPLAINED THAT ABSOLUTE LEVELS OF REGULATION MUST BE JUDGED IN THE LIGHT OF THE RISK ACCEPTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC OF SUCH RISKS.
THAT OWNERS AND OPERATORS "ONE ASPECT OF RISK MANAGEMENT IS
BE MORE DIRECTLY SHOULD NOW CARRY A MUCH GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AND
THEIR OWN VESSELS, HE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAFETY AND OPERATION OF
SAID.
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IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED THAT INDEPENDENT AGENCIES IN THE ASSOCATIONS, QUALIFIED SOCIETIES, CLASSIFICATION
OWNERS' SURVEYORS AND PERSONS AUTHORISED TO CONDUCT SURVEYS WOULD PLAY A PROMINENT ROLE IN MAINTAINING STAND. RDS.
THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WOULD SEPARATE THE OWNERSHIP AND
LICENSING
FUNCTIONS.
BH A
ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL
VESSEL OF SIMILAR TO THE
MATTER
MK IDENTITY,
REGISTRATION
AND HALJ OF
WILL "THE OWNERSHIP PART RESULT IN THE ISSUE OF A CERTIFICATE
BE WOULD SAID, NOTING THAT IT VEHICLE.
REQUIRE A "PERMIT
TO OPERATE, MR HALL SAID, THE VESSEL WOULD TO OPERATE" WHICH WOULD BE AN EASY PROCESS AND COULD BE DONE BY POST.
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