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2
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1993
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TO
"SIGNS AND NOTICES SHOULD BE PUT UP IN PROMINENT POSITIONS INFORM WORKERS THAT THE AREA IN WHICH THEY WORK IS AN EAR PROTECTION ZONE AND THAT EMPLOYEES MUST WEAR SUITABLE APPROVED
EAR
PROTECTORS
WHILE IN THE ZONE.
"CONTRAVENTION
OF
THE
NEW REGULATION WILL
INCUR
A MAXIMUM
HE ADDED.
PENALTY OF $30,000 FOR EMPLOYERS AND $10,000 FOR EMPLOYEES,
ENQUIRIES ON THE NEW REGULATION CAN BE MADE ON TEL 606 5573 AND
606 5552.
GOVT SEEKS INFORMATION ON ALLEGED SEA INCIDENT
* * *
URGENT INFORMATION FROM NORTH KOREAN CARGO VESSEL FOUR ARMED SHIPS AND IS
SEEKING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS CHINESE AUTHORITIES ABOUT REPORTS THAT A OUTSIDE HONG KONG WATERS IS SURROUNDED BY UNDER FIRE.
WHICH HAD
HAD
TO
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE BEEN
AGENCY IN TOUCH WITH THE NEW CHINA NEWS
AGREED CONTACT GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT CHINESE SECURITY FORCES WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.
"BEFORE TAKING FURTHER ACTION, WE MUST BE SURE THAT THIS IS ACT OF PIRACY INVOLVING PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS,' HE SAID.
P
(MRCC) DISPATCHED
THE MARINE RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE HELICOPTER TO THE REPORTED LOCATION VESSEL "KO MAL SHAN" ABOUT 52 MILES EAST-NORTH-EAST OF HONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING.
AN
A
OF THE KONG
HOWEVER, A SEARCH OF THE AREA PROVED FRUITLESS AND THE HELICOPTER WAS RECALLED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HONG KONG HE SAID CONTACT WITH THE NORTH KOREAN INCIDENT HAD BEEN RELAYED BY THE NORTH KOREA.
AUTHORITIES HAD HAD NO
VESSEL. THE REPORTS
RADIO OR VISUAL
OF
LOCAL AGENTS FROM
THE
THE ALLEGED OWNERS IN
THE
FIRST REPORT
THIS MORNING SAID THE VESSEL HAD BEEN INTERCEPTED ABOUT 8.8 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-SOUTH-EAST OF WAGLAN (OUTSIDE HONG KONG WATERS) ABOUT 8 AM TODAY.
ISLAND
BOAT THE REPORT SAID AMRED MEN FROM A MOTOR THE KO MAL SHAN AND DIRECTED HER TO PROCEED TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION.
TOOK
CONTROL
OF
THE SECOND REPORT FROM THE LOCAL AGENTS CAME LATE AFTERNOON, SAYING THE VESSEL WAS UNDER FIRE AND SURROUNDED BY FOUR SHIPS.
/"THE MRCC