THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977
+TRAINEES ARE FIRST TAUGHT BASIC KNOWLEDGE, SUCH AS LIFE- SAVING AND FIRE-FIGHTING. FURTHER TRAINING IS GIVEN ON COASTAL NAVIGATION, SEAMANSHIP, PILOTAGE, SIGNALLING, CRAFT MANOEUVRING, AND MARINE ENGINEERING.
+THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THEIR TRAINING IS COMPREHENSIVE AND BALANCED AND AT THE SAME TIME UNDERTAKEN AT PROGRESSIVE STAGES,+ HE ADDED,
THE COURSES LAST FROM TWO WEEKS TO TWO MONTHS AND ON AVERAGE EACH IS ATTENDED BY TWENTY STUDENTS..
ON COMPLETION, THEY ARE GIVEN AN EXAMINATION, SET BY THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OF A STANDARD COMPARABLE TO THAT OF OUTS IDE ESTABLISHMENTS.
NEW H.K. HARBOUR PLAN ON SALE ****
A NEW AND ATTRACTIVE EDITION OF THE HONG KONG HARBOUR PLAN IS NOW AVAILABLE AT $1 PER COPY AT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION DESK, 102 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL OR GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THE PLAN HAD INCORPORATED MANY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE LAST YEAR AND INCLUDES SPEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE VARIOUS FAIRWAYS.
THE PLAN CONTAINS INFORMATION, SUCH AS THE POSITIONS OF BUOYS AND SPEED LIMITS IN THE HARBOUR AND ON THE FAIRWAYS AS RECENTLY RE-ESTABLISHED, INCLUDING THE NEW NORTHERN AND NORTH GREEN ISLAND FAIRWAYS.
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