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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1992
ESTABLISHING
A
MARINE TRAFFIC CONTROL STATION AT GEMINI POINT AND DEPLOYING A DEDICATED PATROL LAUNCH FOR BETTER CONTROL OF SMALL CRAFT NEAR THE CHANNEL; AND
COMMISSIONING A RADAR STATION AT KAU YI CHAU TO STRENGTHEN SURVEILLANCE OF THE VESSEL TRAFFIC CENTRE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPROACHES OF THE CHANNEL.
MRS CHAN SAID FURTHER MEASURES MIGHT INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS THE LIGHT BEACONS AT THE CHANNEL AND ESTABLISHING A FAIRWAY CHANNEL TOGETHER WITH HOLDING ANCHORAGES TO BE USED BY SMALL WHENEVER A LARGE VESSEL WAS IN TRANSIT.
TO
IN THE CRAFT
"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE MEASURES WILL DEPEND ON TRAFFIC GROWTH.
A CONSULTANCY ON PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTED THAT BY 2006, 17,000 OCEAN-GOING SHIPS AND 665,000 RIVER TRADE AND SMALL CRAFT USE THE NA WAN CHANNEL.
2,000
THE
SOME WILL
ABOUT
PERIODIC IN-HOUSE SURVEYS SHOW THAT IN 1988 THERE WERE OCEAN-GOING SHIP MOVEMENTS AND 200,000 SMALL CRAFT MOVEMENTS
THROUGH THE CHANNEL.
THE ESTIMATED FIGURES FOR THIS YEAR ARB 3,000 AND
270,000
RESPECTIVELY.
SHE SAID ADEQUATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION WERE AT PRESENT IN IN THE CHANNEL AND ITS APPROACHES.
PLACE
ALSO, RADAR SIMULATION EQUIPMENT AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HAS BEEN PUT TO BENEFICIAL USE IN STUDIES SIMULATING THE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE SHIPS TRANSITING THE CHANNEL, SHE ADDED.
FAIR AND EQUITABLE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS
FOR VOTERS ACHIEVED
ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT'S ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES IT HAS BEEN OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING FAIR AND EQUITABLE ELECTORAL VOTERS TO EXERCISE THEIR CHOICE FREELY.
AFFAIRS,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL MR MICHAEL SZE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN- HOI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR SZE ALSO SAID THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS ANNUAL REGISTRATION CAMPAIGNS SHOULD CONTINUE.
THE ADMINISTRATION WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO REGISTRATION DRIVES DURING AN ELECTION YEAR TO PRODUCE IMPACT, HE ADDED.
FOR CONDUCTING
ORGANISK MAJOR THE NECESSARY
/THE SECRETARY