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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1993
INCREASES
PORT IN CONTAINER THROUGHPUT AND TRAFFIC IN THE HONG KONG OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
OF
*
NO. OF CONTAINERS HANDLED (TEUS)
1982
1.5 MILLION
1992
8 MILLION
*
NO. OF OCEAN-GOING SHIPS ENTERED
1982
22,000
1992
29,000
NO. OF INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS HANDLED
1982
8 MILLION
1992
*
NO. OF RIVER TRADE CRAFT ENTERED
1982
20 MILLION 116,000
1992
120,300
THIS MEANT THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS ROOM FOR PLEASURE CRAFT THESE AREAS ALTHOUGH THE SAI KUNG AREA WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
IN
MR PYRKE SAID A NEW EXAMINATION WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO EFFECT BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
"THIS WOULD ALLOW PERSONS OPERATING CRAFT UP TO EIGHT METRES IN LENGTH TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE THROUGH THE HONG KONG YACHTING ASSOCIATION'S SCHEME WITHOUT UNDERGOING A MARINE DEPARTMENT EXAMINATION," HE SAID.
"THE
BY
GRADE NEXT
BK
OF EXAMINATION OF UP TO 15 METRES CAN OBTAINED
EITHER A MARINE DEPARTMENT OR HONG KONG YACHTING ASSOCIATION EXAMINATION.
"THE EXAMINATION FOR OVER 15 METRES, WHICH IS A PRACTICAL TEST, WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG YACHTING ASSOCIATION.
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ALL PLEASURE VESSELS EXAMINATIONS AND CERTIFICATES THAT THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE MASTER AND
AND
COMBINED GRADES.
BELIEVE "I
WILL BE ENGINEER
BOATERS PROVIDING PASS THE
THE NEW EXAMINATION, CONDUCTED BY THEMSELVES, WILL GIVE A NEW AND MORE PRACTICAL SLANT TO
AND WILL COMPETENCY
ONLY HELP WEED OUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO EXAMINATION THROUGH READING A BOOK AND WHO HAVE NO REAL EXPERIENCE, MR PYRKE ADDED.
"THIS SHOULD MAKE THE WATERS SAFER AND, I HOPE, MORE USER- FRIENDLY FOR ALL OF US WHO WANT TO RELAX AFLOAT."
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