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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1993
PROBE INTO SEA COLLISION INCIDENT
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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE COLLISION OF A HONG KONG FISHING VESSEL AND A CHINESE PASSENGER FERRY OFF YAM O, LANTAU ISLAND, THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.
OF THE MARINE SIX PERSONS FERRY, XING
SHORTLY BEFORE 5 AM, THE VESSEL TRAFFIC CENTRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A FISHING VESSEL WITH ON BOARD SANK OFF YAM O AFTER COLLIDING WITH A PASSENGER HU.
DEPARTMENT,
A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION INVOLVING THE MARINE POLICE, FIRE SERVICES AND THE ARMED FORCES WAS IMMEDIATELY LAUNCHED.
ABOUT 6.35 AM RESCUERS FOUND A MAN IN THE SEA. HE WAS SPED LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC WHERE HE WAS CERTIFIED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
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SEARCHING FOR THE REMAINING FIVE MISSING PERSONS IS CONTINUING.
A POLLUTION CONTROL LAUNCH FROM THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS AT THE SCENE TO CLEAN UP OIL SPILLS.
MEANWHILE, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS
APPEALING то ANYONE WHO
MIGHT HAVE WITNESSED THE INCIDENT TO COME FORWARD.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE INVESTIGATING SURVEYOR OF SHIPS, MR TSE SHIU-HUNG, ON TEL 852 4898.
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OPERATOR FINED FOR UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT IN NT
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THE OPERATOR OF A CONTAINER TRAILER AND TRACTOR PARK LING, NORTHERN DISTRICT WAS FINED $70,000 BY THE COURT LAST MONTH NOT DISCONTINUING AN UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONTAINER TRAILER AND TRACTOR PARK WAS FORMED FROM A PIECE OF FALLOW AGRICULTURAL LAND WITHOUT PLANNING PERMISSION.
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THE USE OF THIS SITE WAS NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE FU TEI AU AND LING INTERIM DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA PLAN WHICH COVERS THE
THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HAD, UNDER THE ORDINANCE, ISSUED AN ENFORCEMENT NOTICE REQUIRING DISCONTINUE THE UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT OR TO PERMISSION WITHIN THREE MONTHS.
AS THE NOTICE HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH, CONVICTED AND FINED A TOTAL OF $70,000.
TOWN PLANNING THE OPERATOR ΤΟ OBTAIN PLANNING
THE OPERATOR WAS
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