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Pilotage due for services in Tolo Channel to be revised
Shipping agents and the Hong Kong Pilots Association have reached an agreement that the additional pilotage due for providing pilotage services in Tolo Channel will be increased from the existing $1,800 to $3,500, a Marine Department spokesman said today (Wednesday).
Due to the remoteness of Tolo Channel from Victoria Harbour, the two parties agreed that a reasonable amount of additional pilotage due should be levied when a marine pilot is required to board a ship or disembark from a ship at Tolo Harbour.
The revised fee, endorsed by the Pilotage Advisory Committee, will be operational on July 15, 1996 under the Pilotage (Dues) (Amendment) Order 1996, which will be gazetted this Friday (May 31).
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Views on Trade Effluent Surcharge invited
The Government is seeking views from 30 specified trades and industries subject to the Trade Effluent Surcharge (TES) before embarking on a TES review as promised when the Sewage Charging Scheme was introduced in April last year.
A letter inviting their views was issued by the Planning, Environment and Lands Branch today (Wednesday).
A branch spokesman said: "The review will address those areas that, during the past year, have attracted particular attention from some trades liable for the TES, for example, measurement by COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) rather than BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), and the discharge factors.
Those who wish to make a submission should write to the Environment Division of the Planning, Environment and Lands Branch, 20th Floor, Murray Building Garden Road, Hong Kong, before June 21.
"The views will be considered carefully by the Working Group on the Review before the scope of the study is finalised," the spokesman said.
It is expected that the review will start in August for completion in six months. This will be followed by consultation with relevant trades and industries.
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