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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1989
то HONG KONG CONTAINER VESSELS TO
"BY MONITORING VESSEL TRAFFIC IN THE APPROACHES
MASTERS OF
WATERS. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL HELP ARRIVE AT KWAI CHUNG AT THE BEST TIME TO GET A BERTH.
"
WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF AND ANCHORAGES, SIR DAVID SAID.
..
OUR BUOYS
NATURE, THE GOVERNOR SAID, HAD GIVEN HONG KONG WATER PORT ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF CHINA.
THE BEST DEEP
BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN HONG KONG'S
HAS "OUR PORT EXISTENCE AND PROSPERITY.
THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL ENSURE THAT WE USE THE GIFTS THAT HAVE GIVEN US
AND
THAT WITH THE EFFICIENCY
RELIABILITY HALLMARKS OF HONG KONG'S SUCCESS." SIR DAVID SAID.
HALL, EARLIER SAID THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE. MR DERICK
HAD BEEN IN USE IN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS OF VARYING COMPLEXITY CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN FOR MANY YEARS.
THE HONG KONG SYSTEM LED THE WAY NOT ONLY IN TECHNOLOGY BUT ALSO BY BEING THE FIRST TO INCLUDE A DATA HANDLING
WHICH SYSTEM
ENABLED STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS
THUS HANDLED AUTOMATICALLY, EFFICIENCY.
то
BE
NATURE
ARE
THE
VESSEL EUROPE,
ITS STATE-OF-ART FULLY INTEGRATED
AND
GREATLY
INVOICING INCREASING
DEPARTMENTS
HE SAID: "THE DATA PRODUCED WILL ENABLE GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PORT RELATED AGENCIES TO BE DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE SYSTEM.
"LOOKING AHEAD, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD FORM DATA-LINK IN A CHAIN OF PORTS AROUND THE PACIFIC RIM."
ONE
THE SYSTEM WOULD OPERATE INITIALLY ON
WOULD BE LEGISLATION COMPULSORY, MR HALL SAID.
A
INTRODUCED
LATER
TO
VOLUNTARY BASIS BUT MAKE PARTICIPATION
THE SYSTEM USES STRATEGICALLY PLACED AND A VHF FINDER TO PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE OF 95 PER CENT OF WATERS.
RADAR
SITES,
VHF RADIO HONG KONG
THE RADAR SITES ARE LOCATED TO PROVIDE COVERAGE OF THOSE POSING THE HIGHEST RISK TO VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG.
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