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Hong
Kong
2. The consideration of qualifications and
record of sea service of individual officers
who do not hold British certificates will be
no easy task. We envisage that our seconded
surveyors with experience as examiners will
play a leading role in this and that Hong Kong
shipowners will co-operate fully by making
their officers available for interview and
testing as considered necessary. While our
*-*
surveyors will be instructed to work with your
Director of Marine to make the new arrangements
operate smoothly they must ensure that standards
equivalent to those applying to the UK register
are maintained. This may involve some
rejections especially with key posts such as
second-in-command, unless a British examination
be taken.
3.
Equally it will be necessary to ensure
that UK standards of crew accommodation are
maintained and also of safety equipment; here
we envisage that equipment approved for the
Hong Kong register will also be acceptable for
the UK register.
4. One detail that needs clarification is the
nationality and qualifications of radio officers
on which we should like to have as soon as
possible your proposals for discussion with the
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