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BE WORKING

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989

"THE PHA WILL

OUT

THE

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS WITH A VIEW TO FILLING RECRUITMENT BY EARLY 1990.

SALARIES

FOR THE

THREE THE THREE POSTS BY OPEN

OF

IN THE "HAVING REGARD TO HIS HIGHER LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITIES

SYSTEM, HOSPITAL

THE DIRECTOR OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC

OFFICERS, OPERATIONS WOULD BE MADE THE SENIOR OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

P

THE MANAGE "HE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT GENERAL.

HOSPITAL SYSTEM LARGELY OFFICER AND THE SECRETARY

SEAGOING CAREER SHOULD BE MADE ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE

YOUNG THE SEAGOING CAREER HAS TO BE MADE ATTRACTIVE TO IF HONG KONG IS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A VIABLE SHIPPING INDUSTRY

MR DERICK HALL. SAID THRIVING PORT, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, (FRIDAY).

PEOPLE AND A

TODAY

YOUNG PEOPLE MUST ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATES POSTS SUCH OF COMPETENCY WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR ADVANCEMENT TOWARDS AS MAST IR OR CHIEF ENGINEER, AS APPROPRIATE, MR HALL ADDED.

"IMPROVING THE IMAGE AND STATUS OF THESE POSTS IN THE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WOULD BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.

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EYES OF

HIS CAPACITY AS

BY

THE MARINE TO DISCUSS

JOINTLY SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION

MR HALL WAS DELIVERING AN OPENING ADDRESS IN CHAIRMAN OF

ONE-DAY SEMINAR A

SPONSORED

DEPARTMENT AND

HONG THE

KONG MARITIME RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING.

JUNIOR

THE WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED

OFFICERS WAS ON HITTING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY. THIS WOULD HAVE A "KNOCK-ON" EFFECT

RELY ON THE SENIOR OFFICER POSTS AND ULTIMATELY ON-SHORE JOBS WHICH

THIS SHORTAGE NEEDED SOURCE OF QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED SEAFARERS. TO BE CORRECTED "AS A MATTER OF URGENCY". HE SAID.

WHO "THE OFFICER SHORTAGE WILL BE PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THOSE

JUNIOR OFFICERS ARE PROMOTED ΤΟ ARE AT PRESENT SERVING AS

SENIOR SITUATION, WILL OFFICER POSTS AND, IF NOTHING IS DONE TO IMPROVE THE ESCALATE TO AFFECT THE SENIOR OFFICER RANKS AS WELL."

HALL SAID. AND

THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CONFINED TO HONG KONG, MR ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY WAS EXPERIENCING THE SHORTAGE OF JUNIOR OFFICERS, INCLUDING INDIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.

/SHIPOWNERS IN