Seafarers' Advisory Board (SAB)

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Meetings of SAB

Date of Meeting	Agenda (PDF)	Papers (PDF)	Minutes (PDF)
Circulated on 26 September 2022	-	5/2022	-
23 June 2022	View	2/2022 3/2022 4/2022	-
-	-	1/2022	-
12 May 2021	-	3/2021	-
14 April 2021	View	1/2021 2/2021	View
Circulated on 10 February 2021	-	1/2020	-
7 November 2019	View	1/2019 2/2019	View
6 July 2018 (2016-18 term)	View	2/2018 Annex 1 , Annex 2 3/2018	View
Circulated on 14 September 2017	-	1/2017 Annex 1	-
Circulated on 5 July 2013	-	2/2013	-
Circulated on 14 January 2013	-	1/2013 Annex 1	-
Circulated on 31 December 2012	-	1/2012 Annex 1	-
11 February 2009	-	1/2008	View

Membership

Deputy Director of Marine (1)	(Chairman)
Representative from seafarers' organisation
Mr. AU YEUNG Kam-leung	Amalgamated Union of Seafarers, Hong Kong
Mr. CHEUNG, Sai-teng	Hong Kong Seamen’s Union
Mr. CHUNG Tung-tong	Merchant Navy Officers’ Guild
Representative from employers' organisation
Capt. Vinay SINGH	Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd
Capt. Vikrant Singh GUSAIN	Fleet Management Ltd.
Capt. HU Bin	Associated Maritime Company (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Assistant Commissioner for Labour	(Labour Department)
Superintendent of Mercantile Marine Office	(Marine Department)
Executive Officer (Local Vessels and Examination)	(Secretary)

Remarks:
(1) All appointments will be effective for the period from 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2023.

Terms of Reference

To establish a tripartite representation of government and representatives of seafarers' and employers' organizations to advise the Authority on all matters with respect to which it is consulted by the Authority relevant to the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance (Cap 478) with particular reference to the following:

Specification of the exempted categories of seafarers.
Registration of a seafarer who has been convicted of an offence which would be grounds for the removal or suspension of his name from the Register.
Specification of the alteration of a seafarer's rating.
Direction to an application from a seafarer for his name to be restored to the Register.
Medical examinations of a seafarer's fitness for employment in ships.
Method for mustering registered seafarers.
Appointment of a committee to investigate any matter in accordance with the terms of reference specified by the Board.

Secretary

Mr Brian NG, OE(LVE DAU) (Tel: 2852 3667; Fax: 2542 4679)