FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1979
AS AT MARCH 31, 1979, 226 MILLION 50-CENT COINS WERE IN CIRCULATION, AND OF THIS NUMBER 82 MILLION WERE THOSE TO BE DEMONETIŠED.
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN DUE COURSE TO DEMONETISE THE OLD ONE DOLLAR COIN WHICH WAS REPLACED BY A NEW SMALLER COIN IN AUGUST, 1978.
POOR VISIBILITY WARNINGS IN HK WATERS *****
VESSEL MASTERS HAVE BEEN URGED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TO EXERCISE EXTREME CARE WHEN NAVIGATING IN FOGGY OR MISTY CONDITIONS SO AS TO AVOID COLLISIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) POINTED OUT THAT WHEN RADAR IS USED WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PLOTTING FACILITIES,+ THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE EQUIPMENT IS RATHER SCANTY AND SHOULD BE CONSTRUED ACCORDINGLY.+
HE ADDED THAT WHEN VISIBILITY IN ANY PART OF VICTORIA HARBOUR OR THE APPROACHES TO HONG KONG IS RESTRICTED BY FOG OR MIST TO LESS THAN TWO MILES, WARNING REPORTS WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
THE VISIBILITY REPORT WILL COVER WAGLAN, TATHONG CHANNEL, KOWLOON BAY, VICTORIA HARBOUR, EAST LAMMA CHANNEL AND THE WESTERN ANCHORAGE.
VISIBILITY WILL BE REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER &
VISIBILITY
LESS THAN ONE CABLE
BETWEEN 1 CABLE AND 1 MILE BETWEEN 1 MILE AND 2 MILES
BETWEEN 2 MILES AND 5 MILES OVER 5 MILES
REPORTED AS
THICK FOG
VISIBILITY IN CABLES VISIBILITY IN MILES AND DECIMALS OF A MILE
MODERATE VISIBILITY GOOD VISIBILITY
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BROADCAST THE WARNINGS ON V.H.F. CHANNEL - 15 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS VISIBILITY IN ALL AREAS HAS IMPROVED TO MORE THAN TWO MILES.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED MASTERS THAT THEY SHOULD STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, 1972.
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