MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1991
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MARINE INQUIRY ORDERED INTO PLEASURE VESSEL INCIDENT
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THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZE, HAS ORDERED LOCAL MARINE INQUIRY INTO A COLLISION INVOLVING A FERRY VESSEL "MAN LOY" AND A PLEASURE VESSEL "LONG BOAT" IN VICTORIA HARBOUR.
THE COLLISION OCCURRED ABOUT 8.30 PM LAST SATURDAY OFF THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL IN SHEUNG WAN.
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THE PLEASURE CRAFT WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED IN THE COLLISION FOUR OF ITS PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN ON BOARD THE CRAFT IS REPORTED MISSING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) SAID THE INQUIRY WAS ORDERED UNDER THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE (CAP. 313) AFTER THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE HAD CONSIDERED A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT.
THE PURPOSES OF THE INQUIRY ARE:
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TO FIND OUT THE CAUSES OF THE COLLISION;
TO RECOMMEND WHETHER THE CERTIFICATES HELD BY EITHER OF THE COXSWAINS ALLOWING THEM TO OPERATE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED;
TO RECOMMEND ANY ACTION TO BR TAKEN SO THAT A SIMILAR INCIDENT COULD BE AVOIDED IN FUTURE.
A REPORT ON THE INQUIRY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE IN A MONTH'S TIME.
THE INQUIRING OFFICER WILL REPORT ANY INDICATION OF AN OPFENCE OF A CRIMINAL NATURE TO THE MARINE POLICE FOR THEIR ACTION.
A SURVEYOR OF SHIP, CAPTAIN JOHN MCPARTLAND, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO CONDUCT THE INQUIRY. ANY PERSON WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT, OR HAS ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION, SHOULD CONTACT THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER ON TEL. 852 4363.
EDUCATION COMMISSION MEMBERS VISITING U.S.
THE YEAR OF THE RAM IS AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR HONG KONG AS MAJOR DECISIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST YEAR WHICH ARE VITAL TO HONG KONG'S LONG-TERM PHYSICAL AND HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC TRADE OFFICE IN NEW YORK, MR KERRY MCGLYNN, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT OFFICE'S CHINESE NEW YEAR RECEPTION HELD ON LAST THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 14).
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