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(2) The following lights in the Hong Kong area will be extinguished during the

period of the blackout :

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 the 31st October/1st

November, 1940.

3. The Port will be closed to all inward and outward shipping at sunset on the 29th October to sunrise on the 30th October, and from sunset on the 30th October to sunrise on the 31st October, during which periods no movements of vessels, etc., will be permitted inside the Port.

Notes:-(i) A restricted ferry service will be maintained by the Star Ferry between Hong Kong and Kowloon subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 (1) which includes navigation lights, and in this connexion the prescribed pier lights at Hong Kong and Kowloon will be permitted provided that such lights cannot be seen from above and do not throw any light on to the water.

(ii) Should the "Air Raid Warning" Signal be given while the ferry is under way, she must proceed to the nearest safe anchorage or Signal has been pier until such time as the "Raiders Passed sounded.

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HARBOUR OFFICE,

HONG KONG, 25th October, 1940.

G. F. HOLE,

Harbour Master.

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