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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO.154 OF 8 FEBRUARY 1974
FOLLOWING FROM MINISTER (AEROSPACE AND D SHIPPING)
HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER.
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1. THE VISITING TEAM HAS NOW REPORTED BACK TO ME. WHILE THEY
BELIEVE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A SEPARATE REGISTER WITH STANDARDS EQUIVALENT TO THOSE OF THE UK REGISTER, THEY CONSIDER IT ESSENTIAL TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE ARRANGEMENTS DISCUSSED EARLIER FOR CERTIFICATING ALIEN OFFICERS ON HONG KONG SHIPS.
2. THE TEAM FOUND THAT NO RELIANCE COULD BE PLACED ON FOREIGN CERTIFICATES WHICH HAVE OFTEN BEEN ACQUIRED OTHER THAN BY TRAINING AND EXAMINATION. PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE CAN BE REASONABLY WELL TESTED ORALLY: ABOUT HALF THE OFFICERS SEEN SATISFIED OUR TEAM IN THESE RESPECTS ON THE BASIS OF THE SOMEWHAT LIMITED INTERVIEWS THT THE TEAM CONDUCTED. BUT GENERAL EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NAVIGATION AND ENGINEERING ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSESS IN THIS WAY AND GENERALLY APPEARED TO BE DEFICIENT: BASIC KNOWLEDGE CAN BE VITAL IN AN EMERGENCY. WE HAVE RELUCTANTLY CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE MOST UNSATISFACTORY TO RELY ON AN ORAL EXAMINATION ALONE FOR GRANTING HONG KONG CERTIFICATES AND THAT WRITTEN TESTS WOUOD BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS.
3. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO CATER FOR OFFICERS IN MID-CAREER, SPECIAL WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS, POSSIBLY IN CHINESE, MIGHT BE SET AT LEVELS BELOW MASTER. THESE WOULD CONCENTRATE LESS ON BASIC THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND MORE UPON PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE THAT EEEEEEEE THAN NORMAL DTI EXAMINATIONS BUT WOULD REQUIRE AN OVERALL PERFORMANCE COMPARABLE TO THAT EXPECTED OF A. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE IN THE NORMAL
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