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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 1904 OF 8 OCTOBER. 1973

YOUR TELEGRAM 1119. HONG KONG REGISTER OF SHIPPING,

FOR ALEXANDER, MARINE DEPT FROM HUNT DTI.

125 CO

1. TEAM WILL BE LED BY COWLEY. OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE THOMPSON

ANDERSON AND HUNT. THEY ARE READY TO LEAVE UK ON 15 OCTOBER AND

ARE BOOKING AIR PASSAGES ACCORDINGLY, WE ASSUME THAT 70 DOLLARS

EXPENSES ALLOWANCE IS IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.

2. ORAL INTERVIEWS WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS ASSESSING THE EXPERIENCE,

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION AND SERVICE RECORDS OF INTERVIEWEES.

ALSO THEIR COMMAND OF SPOKEN ENGLISH. IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO

ESTABLISH TECHNICAL COMPETENCE AND IN THIS CONTEXT QUESTIONS OF

A PRACTICAL NATURE WILL BE ASKED, SUCH QUESTIONS WILL BE BASED UPON THE SYLLABUS FOR EQUIVALENT HONG KONG CERTIFICATES. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ASSESSMENT INTERVIEWEES SHOULD BRING WITH THEM

DOCUMENTATION AS TO THEIR TRAINING AND SERVICE RECORDS AS WELL

AS THE CERTIFICATES WHICH THEY HOLD. WE SUGGEST THAT HONG KONG

EXAMINERS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO WITNESS INTERVIEWS,

3. WE CONFIRM THAT THE TEAM WILL SAY WHICH OF THE OFFICERS

INTERVIEWED SATISFIED THEM AS MEASURING UP TO THE STANDARD

REQUIRED AND THAT THESE OFFICERS WOULD NOT HAVE TO PRESENT

THEMSELVES FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION IF THE REGISTER IS SET UP.

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