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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1988
WORLD MARITIME DAY
THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
* * *
ORGANISATION
(IMO) HAS
THAT THE CELEBRATION OF WORLD MARITIME DAY IN 1988 IS DURING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19 TO 23.
ANNOUNCED
ΤΟ TAKE PLACE
AB
BY APPROVED
SAFETY AND
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S WORLD MARITIME DAY, THE COUNCIL OF IMO, IS "SHIPBOARD MANAGEMENT FOR MARITIME POLLUTION PREVENTION".
THE
IMO,
TO ACCORDING TO AN IMO MESSAGE SENT
ALL MEMBER STATES, EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THE MUTUAL AND COMPLEMENTARY ROLE PLAYED BY BY GOVERNMENTS AND BY SHIPPING COMPANIES AND THEIR SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL
AND THE IN SEEKING TO EXPAND MARITIME SAFETY
OF PREVENTION
POLLUTION.
MARINE
THAT
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY)
IMPLEMENTED AND HONG KONG, AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF IMO, HAD ALWAYS
DEVELOPED BY ENFORCED THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND MEASURES IMO.
THE RESPONSIBILITY
AND THE THE MEASURES INTO
BE AS STATED IN THE IMO MESSAGE, IT WOULD OF THE INDUSTRY TO APPLY THOSE MEASURES TO INDIVIDUAL SHIPS, TASK OF OFFICERS AND CREWS ON BOARD SHIPS TO PUT OPERATION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO BOOST VOTER REGISTRATION
STAFF OF THE ISLANDS
DISTRICT OFFICE WILL CONTINUE THEIR DOOR-TO-DOOR VISITS TO HOUSEHOLDS ON LAMMA AND TUNG CHUNG ON LANTAU IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO HELP ELIGIBLE ISLANDERS TO REGISTER AS VOTERS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
"ISLANDERS AGED 21 OR ABOVE BY THE END OF THIS PERMANENT HONG KONG RESIDENTS OR WHO HAVE RESIDED SEVEN YEARS, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION," HE SAID.
IN
YEAR, WHO ARE HONG KONG FOR
AS ELECTORS COULD DO SO BEFORE THE CURRENT VOTER ENDS ON SEPTEMBER 30," HE ADDED.
"THOSE WHO HAVE NOT EXERCISED THEIR CIVIC RIGHT BY SIGNING UP REGISTRATION DRIVE
/THE VOTER ............