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+AT PRESENT IT HAS TO SERVICE AND MAINTAIN A TOTAL OF 175 MARINE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS, INCLUDING TWO MANNED LIGHT HOUSES AT TATHONG AND WAGLAN, 34 LIGHTED BUOYS, A STANDBY WRECK BUOY, 130 LIGHTED UNWATCHED BEACONS, A NUMBER OF FOG SIGNAL STATIONS, RADIO BEACONS AND A RACON BEACON WHICH RESPONDS TO RADAR TRANSMISSIONS,+ HE SAID.
THESE VARIOUS BEACONS AND SIGNALS TEND TO BE LOCATED IN REMOTE AREAS WITH POOR ACCESS AND OFTEN EXPOSED TO ROUGH SEAS.
+A SPECIALLY DESIGNED LAUNCH TAKES OUR MEN ON THEIR DAILY INSPECTION TO THESE PLACES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG, FROM DEEP BAY TO MIRS BAY AND SOUTH TO WAGLAN ISLAND.
+THEIR WORK IS ARDUOUS AND OFTEN THEY ARE EXPOSED TO DANGER, ESPECIALLY IN BAD WEATHER, WHILE CARRYING OUT THEIR ESSENTIAL DUTIES,+ MR. DEAKIN CONTINUED,
+MY STAFF WILL BE EVEN MORE BUSY IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE NEW PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND EASIER MOVEMENT OF VESSELS IN THE WATERS OF HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS
ONE SHOWING A NEW BEACON UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE OTHER A LIGHTED BEACON BEING CHECKED -- ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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