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standards already exist for most items together with the
continuing process whereby new standards are developed
and promulgated by the International Maritime
Organisation, we see no reason to pursue this course,
save for purely local areas of operation.
7.2.
the CD.
We therefore commend the approach set out in
[Alternatives
(a)
continue to use United Kingdom standards;
(b) develop Hong Kong standards.
Neither of these options is viable. Option (a)
maintains the link with the United Kingdom, which would
be inappropriate after 1997; option (b) would entail a very considerable workload and merely serve to duplicate work being done any way by the IMO.]
Points of Concern to HMG
7.3.
UK is moving towards international standards
itself, but there could be problems by virtue of the fact that we may have non-British standards applying to
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