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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1991
STATEMENT ON OPERATION OF PASSENGER SHIPS ON EXCURSION VOYAGES
AT ANY SAID TODAY GIVEN A TWO-WEEKS AND MANNING
TO IN RESPONSE
MEDIA ENQUIRIES CONCERNING PASSENGER SHIPS OPERATING ON EXCURSION VOYAGES FROM HONG KONG WITHOUT CALLING OTHER PORT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT
HAVE BEEN (TUESDAY) THAT OPERATORS OF SUCH SHIPS EXTENSION UNTIL APRIL 28 THIS YEAR TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS,
THE
LEGAL
HE SAID THE EXTENSION WAS GRANTED AT THE REQUEST OF ONE OF OPERATORS IN ORDER TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE OPERATOR'S REPRESENTATIVE TO SEEK FURTHER LEGAL ADVICE AND FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE OPERATOR'S LAWYERS.
THE COUNTRIES
THE MARINE ADMINISTRATIONS OF
WHICH IN SHIPS ARE REGISTERED HAVE ALSO BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE EXTENSION.
THAT
THESE
MAIN DEPARTMENT'S SUCH EXCURSIONS, THE
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED
THE MARINE CONCERN WAS THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS WHO GO ON MAJORITY OF WHOM WERE HONG KONG RESIDENTS.
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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THE FORTHCOMING MUNICIPAL AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS ELECTIONS.
MR LAN MADE THE APPEAL WHEN ADDRESSING A DINNER RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE Y'S MEN'S CLUB OF ISLAND SOUTH AT THE HONG KONG COUNTRY CLUB.
HE ALSO CALLED ON THOSE WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED AS ELECTORS DO SO BEFORE THE CURRENT REGISTRATION EXERCISE CLOSES ON JULY 1.
то
NOW
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY NOTED THAT VOTERS REGISTERED FROM TO JULY 1 WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE FIRST DIRECT POLLS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER.
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"THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER AND EXERCISE YOUR CIVIC RIGHTS, HE SAID.
ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, HE URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS ΤΟ CONTINUE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN BE BENEFITTED.
MR LAN ALSO PRAISED THE Y'S MEN'S CLUB FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN YOUTH SERVICES IN THE TERRITORY.
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