THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1992
IN
AT THE PORT HANDLED THROUGH CONTAINERS
THAT
THE NUMBER OF VESSELS CALLING PERIOD, INCREASED BY ABOUT 40 PER CENT, THE AMOUNT OF CARGO THE PORT INCREASED BY ABOUT 70 PER CENT AND THE NUMBER OF HANDLED INCREASED BY ABOUT 130 PER CENT.
ESSENTIAL FOR THAT OF
MRS CHAN SAID THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE PORT IS NOT ONLY FOR HONG KONG'S OWN ECONOMIC GROWTH BUT ALSO SOUTHERN CHINA.
"TRADE MUST CONTINUE TO FLOW SMOOTHLY," SHE ADDED.
SERVICE OF HK VOLUNTARY WEATHER OBSERVING SHIPS RECOGNISED
то THE
HONG KONG VOLUNTARY WEATHER
SERVICES TO THE THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
AT A CEREMONY
PLAQUES WERE PRESENTED OBSERVING SHIPS IN RECOGNITION FOR THEIR OBSERVATORY (RO) AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ORGANISATION VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIPS' SCHEME AT THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING.
ROYAL
RO
INCLUDED THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC THE HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS
DIRECTOR OF MARINE,
THE GUESTS
OF HONOUR
SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN; THE DIRECTOR OF
MR M. ASSOCIATION LTD.,
FARLIE; AND
THE
TONY MILLER.
MR
ALSO ATTENDING WERE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM
VARIOUS SECTORS OF HONG KONG
THE MARINE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE SHIPPING MEMBERS OF THE SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION LTD.
THE
GUESTS,
THE HONG
FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION,
BY ACCOMPANIED RO'S DIRECTOR, MR PATRICK SHAM, SAW DISPLAYS ON THE FLEET OF THE KONG VOLUNTARY WEATHER OBSERVING SHIPS.
THEY ALSO SAW FOR THEMSELVES HOW SHIPS' WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
NEW WEATHER BROADCAST ARE USED, THE
FOR SYSTEMS THE PORT DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM AS WELL AS SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RO.
GLOBAL MARITIME AND MARINE WEATHER
GUIDED TOURS
WERE ALSO
CONDUCTED
FOR GUESTS TO SEE RO'S
FACILITIES.
INSTITUTED IN 1947, THE WORLD
AN
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME IN TRANSMITTING
VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIPS' SCHEME IS WHICH SHIPS ARE RECRUITED FOR TAKING AND OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SEAS AND OCEANS OF THE WORLD.
METEOROLOGICAL
COLLECTION OF
THE PROGRAMME PROVIDES A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR THE THESE OBSERVATIONS AND THEIR USE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SHIPPING.
FLEET
AGENTS,
OF VOLUNTARY '
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL SHIPOWNERS AND SHIPPING
RECRUITING AND
A MAINTAINING THE RO HAS BEEN OBSERVING SHIPS SINCE 1949.
/AT PRESENT