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MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1974
MASTERS OF FISHING VESSELS URGED TO KEEP FAIRWAYS CLEAR
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MASTERS OF FISHING VESSELS WERE TODAY URGED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THE MAIN AND MINOR FAIRWAYS OF THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER AT ALL TIMES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT IN TIME OF EMERGENCY, ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY CRAFT AND PERSONNEL WOULD DEPEND ENTIRELY UPON THEIR ABILITY TO MANOEUVRE SWIFTLY IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.
+THE FACT THAT LUNAR NEW YEAR USUALLY DRINGS AN EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF FISHING VESSELS INTO THE SHELTER FOR THE CELEDRATIONS MAKES IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE VESSELS BERTHED PROPERLY.+
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT IN RECENT YEARS THE FLOATING COMMUNITY HAD BEEN MORE CO-OPERATIVE IN THIS RESPECT.
+HOWEVER, HE ADDED, THERE ARE STILL SOME INCONSIDERATE VESSEL MASTERS, WHO, DESPITE WARNINGS, BERTH THEIR VESSELS TO THEIR OWN CONVENIENCE ONLY, THEREBY CAUSING UNACCEPTABLE CONGESTION AND OBSTRUCTION.+
THESE OFFENDERS HAD BEEN PROSECUTED AND HEAVY FINES HAD BEEN IMPOSED, HE SAID.
BUT, THE SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT AS SUCH OBSTRUCTION WOULD ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF OTHERS, A MUCH MORE SERIOUS CHARGE, INVOLVING HEAVY FINES AND POSSIBLE IMPRISONMENT, MIGHT BE LAID AGAINST FUTURE OFFENDERS.
TO COINCIDE WITH THE GOVERNMENT APPEAL, THE FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS AND FISHING FEDERATIONS URGED THE FLOATING COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THE BERTHING REGULATIONS.
THREE ESTATES BLOCKS NAMED
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THREE BLOCKS OF BUILDING IN HING WAH ESTATE IN CHAI WAN HAVE BEEN NAMED FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION.
FROM JANUARY 1,1975, BLOCK 1 OF HING WAH ESTATE WILL BE OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS HANG HING HOUSE, BLOCK 2 SHUN HING HOUSE AND BLOCK 3 KING HING HOUSE.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS INFORMED THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES OF THE CHANGE AND LETTERS ARE BEING DELIVERED BY HAND TO TENANTS INFORMING THEM OF THE SAME.
INITIAL CONTACTS WITH TENANTS, SHOP OPERATORS, SCHOOLS, WELFARE ORGANISATIONS AND KAIFONGS SHOWED THAT THE MOVE WAS GENERALLY WELCOMED.
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