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2. At sunset (1845 hours).
(a) All external lighting on board vessels, with the exception of navigation and riding lights, is probibited; and all internal lights must either be extinguished or obscured so that no light is visible either from above or from any other direction.
(b) The Port will be closed to all inward and outward shipping from sunset on the 27th to sunrise on the 28th August, 1940.
(c) The following lights in the Hong Kong area will be extinguished on
the night of August 27th/28th, 1940:-
Waglan Island, Tathong Point, Cape Collinson, South Lyemun, North Lyemun, Channel Rocks, Cust Rock, North Fairway Buoy, Central Fairway Buoy, South Fairway Buoy, Green Island, Cheung Chau Island Passage.
Normal lighting will be resumed on the night of 28th/29th August.
3. Thirty Minutes after sunset (1915 Hours).
Navigation and riding lights must be extinguished, and all movements of
shipping and other craft must cease.
N.B.--Should any vessels, etc. be under way at this hour, they should proceed with navigation lights alight to the nearest safe anchor- age or jetty, and after either anchoring or securing, navigation and riding lights must be extinguished.
4. The termination of the exercise will be indicated by the sounding of the "Raiders Passed" signal, when normal lighting and navigation may be resumed within the Port Limits.
HONG KONG, 8th August, 1940.
No. 173/1940.
FRENCH INDO-CHINA—TONG KING GULF.
Lights Extinguished.
Position. Approaches to Haiphong.
Details. The following Lights are reported as being extinguished :-
(a) Hondau.
(b) Norway Island.
Authority.-Naval Authorities.
HONG KONG, 9th August, 1940.