Monday, November 06, 2006
Korean vessel gives Cebuanos a glimpse of topnotch training
THE honorary consul to South Korea was impressed by the sophisticated maritime training vessel which is on a 3-day goodwill visit to Cebu.
Lawyer Augusto Go, who also owns a maritime training school with the University of Cebu, said the vessel has a first class training equipment that can be adopted in the country to produce world class navigators and sailors.
Captain Hyong Ki-Lee, the master of the vessel, toured Go last Saturday inside T/S Hanbada with 230 people on board including cadets, professors and crew from Korea Maritime University, considered one of the best maritime schools in Asia and the Pacific.
One of the best
“I think this is one of the best maritime training vessels I’ve ever seen. We can understand it because South Korea is the biggest shipbuilder in the world. I’m happy to learn some of their training techniques,” Go said.
Go added that they will try to adopt these techniques for their maritime students but on selective basis because it’s expensive to build the vessel.
The training vessel has a multi-media room equipped with personal computers, a camera for video conference, Internet connection, and multi-media system with a projector that has a simultaneous interpretation system for three languages - Korean, English and Japanese.
There are wide classrooms with modern audio-system so that a class of about 100 students can hear the instructors.
The vessel has neatly-constructed cabins that can accommodate 204 cadets, four each cabin.
There are separate cabins for professors, a world class VIP room and gymnasium. There are common comfort rooms, washing areas, kitchens and dining rooms.
Jae J. Jang, chairman of Uni Group of Companies, Korean firms for logistics, environment and shipping, said the Korea Maritime University is a missionary university that produces officers and engineers to work on their ships.
T/S Hanbada made its maiden voyage last year and this is the first time to visit Cebu.
Goodwill visit
“The cadets, professors and crew are on a goodwill visit to the Philippines until Nov. 7 to promote good relations with other maritime schools. It will then head for Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and back to South Korea,” Jae said.
Jeon Kyong Chool, chairman of the United Korean Community Association Inc. Cebu, said they are happy with the visit especially that there are 13,000 South Koreans who are coming to Cebu every week.
More than 3,000 of them are engaged in business. (EOB)
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