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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. S. 180.
Lifeboats, Liferafts, Buoyant Apparatus, Lifebuoys and Lifejackets. Lists of approved Builders and Manufacturers of.
Lifeboats, Liferafts and Buoyant Apparatus.
The following firms have been approved as builders :--
The Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of Hong Kong, Ltd.
The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd.
Messrs. A King, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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Loong Seng Lee, 19A, Praya East, Hong Kong.
Foon Lee, 26, Nanchang Street, Shamshuipo.
Kwong Yue Loong, Yaumati, Kowloon.
Standard Lifebuoys.
The undermentioned firm has been approved as manufacturers of Standard Circular Cork Lifebuoys:-
Messrs. Wong Kee, 27, Hing Lung Street, Hong Kong.
N.B.-A Lifebuoy known as "Sankey's Metallic Lifebuoy" manufactured by Messrs. Joseph Sankey & Sons, Bilston, England, has been approved for use, for the present, on vessels using this Port.
Lifejackets.
The following firms have been approved as manufacturers of the Hong Kong Standard Lifejacket, (cork):-
Messrs. Hoo Cheong Wo & Co., 51, Connaught Road Central.
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A Tak, 45, Des Voeux Road Central.
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Wo Fat & Co., 34, Des Voeux Road Central.
Kwong Hip Loong, 64, Connaught Road Central.
Wai Kee, 129, Des Voeux Road Central.
Ah Lung, 125A, Des Voeux Road Central. Shun Kee, 57, Des Voeux Road Central.
Firms desirous of having their names added to any or all of the above lists should make application to the Government Marine Surveyor, submitting, in the case of life- buoys and lifejackets, samples of the articles they propose to manufacture for approval. Manufacturers of lifebuoys and lifejackets will be required to deposit one approved buoy or jacket made by them in the Government Marine Surveyors' Office as a standard of comparison for future appliances made by them.
Specifications for lifeboats and other lifesaving appliances may be had on applica- tion to the Government Marine Surveyor.
Approval of any lifesaving appliance may be withdrawn at any time at the discre- tion of the Harbour Master.
6th June, 1929.
G. F. HOLE,
Harbour Master, &c.