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MORE VISITORS ARRIVING
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1979
THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN DECEMBER 1978 TOTALLED 607,311, COMPARED WITH 509,724 FOR THE SAME MONTH IN 1977, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY).
OF THE ARRIVALS, 226,361 CAME BY AIR WHILE 230,804 AND 150,146 CAME BY SEA AND LAND RESPECTIVELY.
THE NUMBER OF DEPARTURES IN THE MONTH UNDER REVIEW TOTALLED 626,111, OR 92,226 MORE THAN THE FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1977.
A BREAKDOWN BY THE MODE OF TRAVELLING SHOWED THAT 228,147 DEPARTING PASSENGERS TRAVELLED BY AIR, 242,905 BY SEA AND 155,059 BY LAND.
CRAFT OWNERS REMINDED TO LOG NAMES OF ALL CREW
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF LOCAL CRAFT THAT THEY SHOULD ENSURE THE NAMES OF ALL CREW MEMBERS ARE ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CREW BOOK OF THE VESSEL IN WHICH THEY ARE SERVING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID: IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A OWNER TO KEEP BOOKS UP TO DATE AND FAILURE TO DO SO MAY JEOPARDISE THE CHANCES OF A CREW MEMBER TO SIT FOR A LOCAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY EXAMINATION.
+A CREW MEMBER, WHO IS ACTING AS A RELIEF ON MORE THAN ONE VESSEL, MAY BE ENTERED AS RELIEF CREW MEMBER ON THE VARIOUS VESSELS IN WHICH HE IS REQUIRED TO SERVE, HE ADDED.
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