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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1963
IT IS GOOD SEAMANSHIP FOR OPERATORS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE SAFETY OF OTHERS AT ALL TIMES, HE ADDED.
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IN ADDITION TO ITS LAW ENFORCEMENT ROLE, THE MARINE POLICE RESCUED 42 PEOPLE SO FAR THIS YEAR, INCLUDING SWIMMERS, CANDERS, AND WIND SURFERS. THEY ALSO WENT TO THE ASSISTANCE OF SOME 20 PLEASURE VESSELS WHICH HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL, BROKEN DOWN, OR OBSCURED BY FOG.
AT THE END OF 1982, THERE WERE 4 005 LICENSED PLEASURE CRAFT, 1 500 TO 2 000 OF WHICH ARE SPEED BOATS FITTED WITH OUT-BOARD ENGINES, HE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE LAW, ALL VESSELS WITH AN ENGINE MUST BE LICENSED. THESE INCLUDE WATER SCOOTERS AND WIND SURFERS WITH ENGINES.
NEW LINK ROAD FOR SHA TAU KOK PLANNED
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THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD TO LINK UP SHA TAU KOK ROAD TO THE NEW SHA TAU KOK ERIDGE.
THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD, WITH TWO-METRE WIDE FOOTPATHS ON BOTH SIDES WILL BE ABOUT 800 MÉTRES LONG. ABOUT 400 METRES OF THE ROAD WILL BE 7.3 METRES WIDE, AND THE REMAINING SECTION WILL WIDEN TO 70.0 METRES TO CATER FOR THE ASSOCIATED CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION FACILITIES.
HIGH.
IT WILL BE ENCLOSED BY A SECURITY FENCE ABOUT 3.5 METRES
INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT WILL BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO VEHICLE HOLDING AREAS AND A PEDESTRIAN SUBWAY.
THE NEW ROAD, UPON COMPLETION, WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER BORDER CROSSING FACILITY" IN ADDITION TO THE MAN KAM TO CROSSING.
A NOTICE CONCERNING THE PROPOSED WORKS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
A PLAN SHOWING THE PROPOSED WORKS CAN BE SEEN AT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICE, CENTRAL ENQUIRY SUB-OFFICE, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING MAIN ENTRANCE; THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, NORTH, AND THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, OLD DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING, TAI PO MARKET, NEW TERRITORIES.
ANY PERSON OBJECTING TO THE PROPOSAL MUST SEND HIS OBJECTION IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 13.
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