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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.

TS Yokohama於3月12日下午停泊香港葵涌8號貨櫃碼頭，期間本中心收到此船的船員委託，為他們代購食物及電話卡。

中心義工於傍晚到達船旁，TS Yokohama船員熱烈歡迎中心義工並邀請義工上船參觀。船員表示疫情之下船員都未能安排上岸，甚至有數個船員由上船開始至今超過半年都未曾踏足陸地。他們表示公司現已要求所有新上船船員上船前都必須接種疫苗，寄望可於不久將來安排已注射疫苗的船員上岸，以解開他們鬱悶的情緒。船員亦表示疫情之下中心能為他們提供代購服務非常難得。

其他船員到港後如有需要可向本中心查詢，中心會盡量安排義工送上有關代購物品。

TS Yokohama berthed at Berth8 of Kwai Chung Container Terminal on 12th March 2021 afternoon. HKISSC received the request from the ship’s crew to buy food and sim cards for them.

Crews from TS Yokohama welcomed our volunteers warmly and invited them to go onboard the ship when our volunteers arrived at the ship in the evening. Crew said they could not take shore leave during the epidemic and some of crew members have not set foot on land for more than half a year since they went onboard the vessel. They said that the company has now required all new join crew members to be vaccinated before boarding any vessel and they hope that crews who have been vaccinated are allowed go ashore soon, so as to relieve their stress. They also said it is very rare to see an organization can provide them purchasing services during the epidemic.

If ship’s crews are interested, please feel free to contact us after arrival of Hong Kong port. We can arrange for onboard visit and send the purchased items to the crew.

疫情之下全球海員換班都變得相當困難，香港的海員亦遇到同樣問題。

香港海員陳建東受疫情影響，自去年年初開始休假後一直未能再上船繼續工作，近日透過工會的幫助下，在3月6日於香港葵涌貨櫃碼頭登上MV Belawan繼續其航海實習生生活。

It is quite difficult for the seafarers to sign on/off all over the world since the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as the Hong Kong’s seafarers.

Due to the epidemic, Hong Kong seafarer Chan Kin Tung has been unable to continue his cadetship after he took vacation at the beginning of last year. With the help of AUS-HK, he finally can go onboard MV Belawan at the Hong Kong Kwai Chung Container Terminal and continue to work as a deck cadet on 6^th March.

中心義工及海員陳建東(右)，攝於2021年3月6日

Volunteers of HKISSC and seafarer Chan Kin Tung, photo taken on 6th March 2021.

工會及中心義工亦隨行上船並與Belawan朱船長拜年及交流。

Volunteers of AUS-HK and HKISSC also exchange greetings with Capt. Zhu of Belawan.