TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1992
SPECIAL MARINE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN VICTORIA HARBOUR ON THURSDAY
SPECIAL MARINE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN CENTRAL VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON THURSDAY ( (JULY 91 TO FACILITATE THE ARRIVAL THE NEW GOVERNOR, MR CHRISTOPHER PATTEN.
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THE SENIOR MARINE OFFICER (CENTRAL REGION} OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, MR LEUNG LAI-KIT, TODAY (TUESDAY) SAID: "CENTRAL VICTORIA HARBOUR WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL MARINE TRAFFIC FOR 45 MINUTES FROM 3.45 PM TO 4.30 PM ON THURSDAY.
"EXCEPTIONS ARE ROYAL NAVY, MARINE POLICE, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND MARINE DEPARTMENT VESSELS ESCORTING "THE LADY MAURINE" AND OTHER VESSELS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE.
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'QUEEN'S PIER IN CENTRAL DISTRICT WILL BE CLOSED FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM AND KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER IN TSIM SHA TSUI WILL BE CLOSED FROM 3 PM TO 5 PM."
MR LEUNG SAID MARINE POLICE AND MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE SPECIAL PATROLS IN CENTRAL VICTORIA HARBOUR TO HELP MASTERS, OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF VESSELS.
"MASTERS, OWNERS AND OPERATORS SHOULD COMPLY AT ALL TIMES WITH ANY ADVICE FROM OFFICERS FROM THE MARINE POLICE AND MARINE DEPARTMENT PATROL LAUNCHES.
"THEY SHOULD PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO MARINE SAFETY AND EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE, HE SAID,
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DURING THE CLOSURE OF QUEEN'S PIER AND KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER, OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO USE ALTERNATIVE LANDING FACILITIES.
MR LEUNG SAID THE SPECIAL MARINE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ARE THE SAME AS THAT IMPLEMENTED FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN LORD WILSON ARRIVED IN HONG HÙNG.
STATISTICS ON WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
BOTH THE WHOLESALE AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES REGISTERED RAPID GROWTH IN 1990, WITH SALES INCREASED BY 23% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY OVER 1989.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE 1990 SURVEY OF WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, SALES OF THE RETAIL TRADE, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS INCREASED BY 11%, 8% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.
/THESE RELATIVELY
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