MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1992
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SAFE AND EFFICIENT HARBOUR TO MATCH WITH RAPID PORT GROWTH
OFFICIATING AT THE
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL SPARE KONG'S HARBOUR SAFE AND EFFICIENT, MILLER, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
MARINE PATROL LAUNCH, MD 22 AT JOSS HOUSE BAY, MR MILLER SAID:
NO EFFORT IN KEEPING THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR
HONG TONY
INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF
THE $4.6 MILLION
"MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE IT, BUT
HONG KONG HARBOUR
NEVER
SLEEPS.
WE
MARINE
TRAFFIC MUST BE MANAGED AND MONITORED 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS IN
THE DO THROUGH HARBOUR PATROLS WORKING
CONJUNCTION WITH DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTER AND RADAR BASED VESSEL TRAFFIC CENTRE.'
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MD 22 WILL JOIN MD 20 AND 21 IN THEIR 24-HOUR-A-DAY PATROLS.
THEY ARE TO HELP SHIPS ENTER AND CLEAR THE PORT SAFELY, AND TO WORK CARGOES EFFICIENTLY.
OF HONG KONG
то ENFORCE THE "THEY ARE THERE NOT ONLY RESPOND PROMPTLY TO ANY EMERGENCY, MR MILLER SAID.
BUT LAW,
ALSO то
HE SAID IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT THE HARBOUR MANAGEMENT KEEP PACE WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE PORT.
"WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LAG BEHIND, HE SAID.
SERVICES
THE NUMBER OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS HAS INCREASED BY 50 PER OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, COASTAL AND RIVER TRADE VESSELS BY OVER PER CENT.
CENT 30
TOTAL THROUGHPUT HAS
GROWN BY 42
PER CENT OVER THE SAME
PERIOD.
MASSIVE "ALL THIS IS HAPPENING AT A TIME WHEN
RECLAMATION IS USERS ESTABLISHED WATERFRONT
ARE SHRINKING THE OLD HARBOUR AREA AND
ARE ΤΟ MOVE SAFELY AND BEING RESITED, VIGILANCE IS VITAL IF SHIPS CARGO IS TO BE HANDLED EFFICIENTLY.
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DURING THE CEREMONY, MR MILLER AND TRIBUTE TO THE SEA GODDESS "TIN HAU".
THE CREW OF MD 22 PAID
MD 22 IS A STEEL-PLATE TWIN-ENGINE VESSEL CAPABLE OF 12 SHE IS 16.3 METRES LONG AND IS EQUIPPED WITH RADAR.
KNOTS.
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS COMMISSIONED THE THREE PATROL
OF $8.8 MILLION TO LAUNCHES AT A TOTAL COST
AUGMENT ITS HARBOUR
PATROL SERVICES.
MD 20 AND 21, BOTH GLASS-REINFORCED PLASTIC VESSELS CAPABLE 16 KNOTS, WERE COMMISSIONED IN APRIL AND MAY LAST YEAR RESPECTIVELY.
OF
HONG KONG
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