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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1989
DUES,
VESSELS,
TO
AND
PORT AND LIGHT IN A RELATED MOVE,
PAYABLE BY EXCEPT FISHING VESSELS, ENTERING HONG KONG WILL BE INCREASED BY 40 50 PER CENT. BOTH CHARGES ARE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF TONNAGE,
TON FOR OCEAN-GOING THEY WORK OUT TO BE 11 CENTS PER NET REGISTERED VESSELS AND FIVE CENTS EACH FOR RIVER TRADE VESSELS.
PASSENGER EMBARKATION
PASSENGERS
PAYABLE BY OWNERS
FEES OF
PASSENGERS EMBARKING AT ANY CHINA OR INCREASED FROM $15 TO $17.
AND
MACAU-BOUND
FOR CHINA
IN VESSELS
RESPECT OF FERRY
MACAU FERRY TERMINAL WILL BE
THE FEE INCREASES
SPECIFICALLY
RELATED TO THE
NEW VESSEL
TRAFFIC SYSTEM (VTS) WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 16, WHEN THE VTS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE INCREASES
WERE AIMED AT RECOVERING
THE COST OF THE SYSTEM.
OF NAVIGATION OF THE VTS WILL ASSIST IN IMPROVING THE SAFETY
WATERS AND
OF THE IMPROVE
EFFICIENCY ALL VESSELS USING HONG KONG UTILISATION OF THOSE WATERS.
FULL DETAILS OF ALL THE NEW FEES AND CHARGES WILL BE IN THE GAZETTE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,
THE
DIRECTOR
OF MARINE HAS
PUBLISHED
TRADE
FORMULATING
CONSULTED VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER OPERATORS AND USERS OF THE PORT IN THESE PROPOSED INCREASES.
REVISED FEES FOR COUNTRY PARK PERMITS
INSIDE A COUNTRY IT WAS
THE FEES FOR CERTAIN PERMITS FOR ACTIVITIES PARK OR SPECIAL AREA HAVE BEEN REVISED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, ANNOUNCED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
EXISTING LEVELS OF FERMIT THESE FEES WERE PRESCRIBED SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS
THIS IS THE FIRST REVISION OF THE FEES SINCE THEIR INTRODUCTION IN 1977. THE SCHEDULE OF THE COUNTRY PARKS AND THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE.
THE SCHEDULE OF REVISED FEES, CONTAINED IN AND SPECIAL AREAS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1989, WAS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
IN OF
THE
COUNTRY PARKS APPROVED BY THE
/THE REVISED