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shortly, which will be residential.
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the company also sponsors both deck and engine cadets who study at the Hong Kong Technical College and in Singapore. On average the annual number of cadets sponsored over the past few years has been 23 (deck) and 21 (engineer). Considering the Alternative Training Scheme for Engineers which is undertaken at the Hong Kong Technical College, this is a two year engineering course leading to Part A of the Second Class Certificate of Competency, and since 1968 the total output has been 93 cadets out of which Mr. PAO has sponsored 53.
? (b) Not applicable.
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Question 7
Yes.
It must be borne in mind that the problems raised by Mr. PAO, apply equally well, to other Hong Kong shipping companies. An obvious solution to the problems is for owners to register their vessels under flags of convenience, and in these respects fifteen (15) ships have switched from Hong Kong registry over the past three years. Doubtless there are certain advantages accruing to ships registered in the Colony, but these are apparently more than counterbalanced by reason of the dis- advantages associated with manning. So far as a scarcity of British officers prevails in Hongkong, it cannot be agreed that either the introduction of a separate register, or a relaxation with respect to manning requirements, would effect the United Kingdom shipping industry at all, let alone adversely.
Question 9
The changes referred to at (a) and (b) might be described as "half-way measures", and the question is not fully appreciated.
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