(145181) Dd. 737490 750M 1/71 Hw.
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DRAFT SUBMISSION
To:-
Mr Wilford
Sir L Monson
Mr Logan
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From
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Hong Kong
WORLD WIDE (SHIPPING) GROUP
REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG
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PROBLEM
1.
Mr Y K Pao of the World Wide (Shipping) Group would
like to register more of his ships in Hong Kong but
finds himself unable to do so principally because of the
shortage of suitably qualified Masters, Chief Officers
and Chief Engineers who, by current Hong Kong
legislation, are required to hold British certificates of
competency.
BACKGROUND
2. This problem was presented to Mr Royle on 15 June
and again on 26 July. The accepted recommendation of
the earlier submission was that Mr Pao should be urged
to accept the helpful suggestions made by the Director
of Marine and, at the same time, that we should pursue
"the legal and other implications" of introducing
nationality manning requirements for ships registered
in Hong Kong different from those applicable to ships
registered in Britain.
3. The second submission summarised the legal
position which in itself raises no obstacle to Hong
Kong legislation being varied to meet Mr Pao's
requirements and enclosed the latest letter from
World Wide (Shipping) in which, despite Hong Kong's
willingness to apply the principle of exemption so that
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