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3. External lights of every description on board vessels are prohibited; and all internal lights must either be extinguished or obscured, so that no light is visible from above or from any other direction. (See paragraph 7 which concerns ferries, and also paragraph 9 which refers to vessels working cargo at night).
4. Torches may be used to meet any special circumstances, but they must be screened with two thicknesses of ordinary blue closewoven cloth or coated with paint.
5. The following lights in the Hong Kong Area will be extinguished from sunset on the 21st July, 1941, to sunrise on the 24th July, 1941:-
South Lyeemun, North Lyeemun, Channel Rock, Cust Rock, North Fairway Buoy, Central Fairway Buoy, South Fairway Buoy, Green Island, Ma Wan Island, Kap Sing Island, and the lights at the Entrances to the Yaumati Bay Typhoon Shelter.
6. The Port will be closed to all inward and outward shipping between sunset and sunrise on the 21st/22nd, 22nd/23rd, and 23rd/24th July, 1941, during which period no movements of vessels, etc., will be permitted in the Port of Victoria.
7. A restricted ferry service will be maintained by the Star Ferry and the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry between Hong Kong and Kowloon, and the vessels so employed will carry and show the prescribed navigation lights reduced in visibility to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master. (Please see paragraph 10).
8. Pier lights at Hong Kong and Kowloon will also be permitted provided that such lights cannot be seen from above and do not throw any light on to the water.
9. Vessels in the Port of Victoria may work cargo with reduced lighting consistent with safe working. All lighters are to be alongside before sunset and are not to be towed away before sunrise. (Please see paragraph 6).
10. Should the air raid warning be sounded, ferries should proceed to the nearest berth and secure there until the Raiders Passed Signal" is given; and vessels working cargo will observe a total blackout from the "Warning" to the "Raiders Passed Signal ".
No. 159/1941.
VICTORIA HARBOUR.
Sunken Junk Removed.
Former Notice.--No. 154/1941 of the 8th July, 1941, hereby cancelled. Authority.-Habour Department.
HONG KONG, 11th July, 1941.