MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1989
GOVERNOR BRIEFED ON PORT AND SHIPPING MATTERS
*
THE
WILSON, DURING PORT DEPARTMENT THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.
GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG'S
A
STRESSED THE
VISIT TO THE MARINE
CRUCIAL
ECONOMIC
"THE PORT CONTINUES TO BE AT THE HEART OF HONG KONG'S SUCCESS" SIR DAVID SAID. "PORT THROUGHPUT IS LIKELY TO INCREASE BY FURTHER EIGHT TIMES BETWEEN 1986 AND 2011.
"THIS
GROWTH. IS COLOSSAL IMPROVING FACILITIES IN THE PORT.
A
GOVERNMENT THE
IS
COMMITTED
то
RELATIONSHIP WITH
KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT "WE MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT HONG AND TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMIC SOUTHERN CHINA."
THE
PROGRESS ACHIEVED
SIR DAVID SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN ESTABLISHING HONG KONG'S OWN SHIPPING REGISTER, WHICH INAUGURATED IN LATE 1990.
IN
IS DUE TO BE
PER CENT OF THE REGISTER (CURRENTLY LARGEST IN THE
HE WAS TOLD THAT HONG KONG CAPITAL OWNED 10 WORLD'S MERCANTILE FLEET, AND THAT THE HONG KONG A PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM REGISTER) WAS AMONG THE WORLD.
REGISTER
OF
NEW HONG KONG THE GOVERNOR ALSO NOTED THAT THE SHIPPING WAS BEING SET UP IN CLOSE CONSULTATION WITH THE INDUSTRY.
HE SAID, "TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL AIM, "IT IS GOVERNMENT'S RESPECT AND CREDIBILITY FOR OUR NEW REGISTER.
ON HONG PLAY
KONG
SAILS WHO OWNS OR "WE WANT EVERYONE IN HONG KONG'S SHIPPING, OR IS OTHERWISE CONNECTED WITH THE INDUSTRY, TO A FULL PART IN MAKING THE REGISTER A SUCCESS."
ON THE LICENSING AND OPERATION OF
THE PUBLIC ON CONSULTING NOW WAS WAS TOLD THAT THE DEPARTMENT PROPOSALS IN A DETAILED DOCUMENT PUBLISHED AT THE END OF MARCH.
LOCAL CRAFT.
THE
GOVERNOR
NEW LEGISLATION AND
BE
CARRY
WOULD GUIDELINES ADMINISTRATIVE
ΤΟ REQUIRED BE WOULD OWNERS PROPOSALS REQUIRED. UNDER THE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY AND OPERATION OF THEIR VESSELS.
"I TRUST THAT ALL WHO OPERATE OR OWN LOCAL CRAFT TO THIS IMPORTANT REVIEW," SIR DAIVD SAID.
SIR DAVID WAS THEN BRIEFED ON THE COMBAT FLOATING REFUSE IN THE HARBOUR.
HE WAS TOLD THAT THE MARINE WERE BEING EXPANDED.
DEPARTMENT'S
DEPARTMENT'S
WILL RESPOND
OPERATIONS
ΤΟ
SCAVENGING
SERVICES
/HE NOTED