2021年3月21日上午，海事訓練學院導師黃秋明先生與本中心義工抵達葵涌3號貨櫃碼頭，登上M.V. BELAWAN探望該船船員以及了解香港海員陳建東船上的近況。
中心義工團隊及導師與船長及輪機長作短暫交流，隨後陳建東邀請導師參觀船上的駕駛台，並且向導師介紹此船駕駛台的設備。
他表示很榮幸海事訓練學院的導師上船參觀，及很高興可以向導師分享其船上工作及生活等趣事。
導師則表示期望學生能將在學校所學的知識學以致用，並且鼓勵學生堅持下去繼續努力工作。他亦表示現時貨船的設備先進，船上生活環境比舊時為好，希望能將此行所見的與其他航海學生分享，好讓他們對船上的工作及生活方式有所了解。
On March 21, 2021 morning, Mr. Benny Wong, the instructor of the Maritime Service Training Institute, together with the volunteers of HKISSC arrived at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal 3 and boarded M.V. BELAWAN. They have sent their greetings to the ship’s crew, especially to the Hong Kong seafarer Chan Kin Tung.
Volunteers and Mr. Benny Wong, had a brief exchange with the captain and chief engineer of M.V. BELAWAN about the situation of the seafarers. After that, Chan Kin Tung invited instructor to visit the wheelhouse of the ship and had a brief introduction about the equipment.
He said it was an honor for the instructor of the Maritime Service Training Institute to visit the ship and he happily shared his work and life onboard the ship to his instructor.
Instructor Benny Wong expressed that it is good for students can apply what they have learnt in school and he also encouraged student to work hard. He also said that the equipment on the vessel are much advanced nowadays and the living environment onboard has improved a lot. He hopes to share what he has seen here with other students who study maritime studies, so that they can have a better understanding of the job nature and living on board the ship.
