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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994

"MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION SYSTEM AND TO DETERMINE WHICH SHIPS ENTERING THEIR JURISDICTION SHOULD BE TARGETED FOR INSPECTION BASED ON DATA FROM THE SYSTEM.

"RESULTS OF THE INSPECTIONS WILL THEN BE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN AN UP-TO-DATE RECORD, MR PYRKE SAID.

"REGIONAL PORT STATE CONTROL ORGANISATIONS WILL SOON HOLD TALKS TO DISCUSS THE EXCHANGE OF INTER-REGIONAL INFORMATION," MR PYRKE ADDED.

ENHANCE THE GLOBAL THAT THE TRADING

"SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD CONSIDERABLY EFFECTIVENESS OF PORT STATE CONTROL BY ENSURING OPTIONS OPEN TO SUBSTANDARD TONNAGE TO EVADE PORT STATE CONTROL INSPECTION ARE FURTHER RESTRICTED," HE SAID.

TURNING TO OTHER AGREEMENTS REACHED AT THE MEETING,

MR PYRKE SAID THE COMMITTEE WOULD COMPILE A SURVEYOR MANUAL AND A STRATEGY FOR SURVEYOR TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT A HARMONISED SYSTEM OF PORT STATE CONTROL INSPECTION IS ESTABLISHED IN THE REGION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

TO SPEED UP THE PROJECTS, JAPAN HAS UNDERTAKEN TO FUND A NUMBER OF REGIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAMMES,

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THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO AGREED то SET UP AN OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF THE TOKYO MOU AND ADDRESS THE MANY TECHNICAL ISSUES INVOLVED TO ENSURE THAT CREDIBLE PORT STATE CONTROL REGIME IS IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT PYRKE NOTED.

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APPROPRIATELY

LUMPUR,

THE COMMITTEE WILL IN FUTURE HOLD ITS MEETING EVERY NINE MONTHS. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD IN KUALA MALAYSIA IN JANUARY 1995. AFTER THAT HONG KONG WILL HOST ANOTHER MEETING IN THE LATTER PART OF 1995.

MR PYRKE SAID THE MEETING ARRANGEMENTS SHOWED THE COMMITMENT OF ALL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT AGAINST POORLY MAINTAINED AND OPERATED SHIP TRADING IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, KOREA, MALAYSIA, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAVE ACCEPTED THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOKYO MOU.

MARITIME AUTHORITIES OF INDONESIA, THE PHILIPPINES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOLOMON ISLANDS AND THAILAND ARE WAITING APPROVAL FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS.

THE INAUGURAL MEETING WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED EARLIER THIS BY CHINA'S VICE-MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, MADAME ZHENG GUANGDI.

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THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE SHIP SAFETY DIRECTORATE OF THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD, MR MICHAEL HUBBARD, WHO WAS ALSO ELECTED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS.

/TAKING PART