FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989
SHIPOWNERS IN THE TRADITIONAL MARITIME COUNTRIES SUCH AS IN WESTERN EUROPE HAD IN MANY CASES FOUND IT
PANAMA OR OTHER LIBERIA, THEIR SHIPS IN MANNING REGIMES WERE EASIER AND THEIR HALL SAID.
THOSE NECESSARY ΤΟ REGISTER WHERE COUNTRIES
OFFICER COSTS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS,
MR
THERE HAS BEEN
OFFICERS BECAUSE CHEAPER
NO PARTICULAR
UNTIL
CONCERN QUITE
HE ADDED: "UNTIL NOW ABOUT THE SUPPLY OF THESE RECENTLY THEIR AVAILABILITY HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
MANY "BUT SO
SHIPOWNERS
THAT
ΤΟ TURNED
THESE SOURCES HAVE THE TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS IN READILY AVAILABLE OFFICERS COUNTRIES CONCERNED HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND THE PRESENT SHORTAGE HAS ENSUED."
IN
THE MEANTIME,
TRAINING
A THAT
IN
THE
OF
THE
AND
MARITIME TRADITIONAL
THE REDUCTION IN COUNTRIES HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO DECLINE IN LINE WITH
IS SEAGOING CAREER
NOT NOWADAYS DEMAND, "WITH THE RESULT
AND THE STATUS OF THE LOOKED UPON WITH FAVOUR BY CAREERS ADVISERS SHIPPING INDUSTRY AS A WORTHWHILE EMPLOYER HAS SUFFERED ACCORDINGLY," MR HALL SAID.
H
'A CAREER AT SEA MUST AGAIN BE REWARDING," HE SAID.
RECOGNISED
AS
WORTHWHILE
AND
HK'S IVORY CONTROL MAY BE STRICTEST IN WORLD
FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE
LEE,
THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND
AN OVERSEAS ALLEGATION THAT HONG TODAY (FRIDAY) STRONGLY REJECTED KONG WAS STOCKPILING IVORY IN ANTICIPATION OF A WORLDWIDE BAN.
SUCH AN ALLEGATION HE SAID: "THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH IN
OF THE IMPORT
RAW IVORY FROM KONG BECAUSE HONG
ALREADY BANNED
HONG KONG MID-JUNE AND THE EXISTING STOCKS OF 670 TONNES OF IVORY IN
A PERIOD OF MORE THAN 10 REPRESENT LEGAL IMPORTS ACCUMLATED OVER YEARS.
THE MAJORITY ARE SOME 100 TONNES OF WHOLE
"APART FROM THE 170 TONNES OF WORKED IVORY, CUT PIECES AND SCRAPS AND THERE ARE ONLY TUSKS.
IN TRADE
THE PAST YEARS AND THE "GIVEN THE VOLUME OF THE
FIGURES ARE NOT PERIOD OVER WHICH THIS AMOUNT HAS ACCUMLATED, THESE UNUSUALLY HIGH.
T
DR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PRESENT HONG
IVORY TRADE IN
ON CONTROL
THE WORLDWIDE KONG'S STAND IN THE EFFORT TO SAVE THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT FROM EXTINCTION.
AN
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